Ongoing Wars: Not even a month after the 9/11 attack, the U.S sent troops to invade Afghanistan in an attempt to disassemble al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda was a terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack. The United States invaded Iraq 2 years later, in March 2003 and deposed President Saddam Hussein. The President was linked in directly to the attack but was suspected of producing weapons of mass destruction (Matthew, 2017). However, none were initially found but the invasion was key part of Americas newly launched war on terror which was under the presidency of George W. Bush. In December 2011, the remaining U.S troops were finally pulled out of Iraq. Leaving the nation in a far more volatile state than when they arrived. The bush administration opened a newly detention center in Cuba named Guantanamo Bay detention center. This held many suspected enemies. People have pushed to have this detention center shut
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After 9/11 security has been taken very serious and airlines have also forced full body scans, the occasional pat downs (for the lucky ones). Many people have also said that they feel they have had full body scans done on them because of the way they look, the religion they are, and the skin color. Although airlines are very cautious on who boards the plane they should not have the right to have full body scans on one just because of the color of their skin or where they are from and the way they look or talk. Before the advent of color-code security threat warnings, pat downs were really rare, liquids were also allowed, and the need to go through full-body scanners were the stuff of science fiction. Heck, previously of the 9/11 attack, some security teams allowed passengers take box cutters aboard (the supposed weapon used by the 9/11 hijackers. Even knifes with the blade up to 4 inches long were allowed on the airplane. Even cigarette
After 9/11 security has been taken very serious and airlines have also forced full body scans, the occasional pat downs (for the lucky ones). Many people have also said that they feel they have had full body scans done on them because of the way they look, the religion they are, and the skin color. Although airlines are very cautious on who boards the plane they should not have the right to have full body scans on one just because of the color of their skin or where they are from and the way they look or talk. Before the advent of color-code security threat warnings, pat downs were really rare, liquids were also allowed, and the need to go through full-body scanners were the stuff of science fiction. Heck, previously of the 9/11 attack, some security teams allowed passengers take box cutters aboard (the supposed weapon used by the 9/11 hijackers. Even knifes with the blade up to 4 inches long were allowed on the airplane. Even cigarette