As the world looked at the horror that was taking place in New York the situation would soon take a turn for the worse when …show more content…
Operation Enduring Freedom’s goal was to oust the Taliban regime from Afghanistan and to eliminate Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. The operation began on October 7, 2001 with a series of airstrikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. Seven days after the attack on Afghanistan the Taliban offers to give up bin Laden if the U.S. can prove his involvement in the 9/11 attacks but the U.S. rejects their offer. During the subsequent months nations like Britain, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Netherlands, France and Poland join the United States and deploy troops in …show more content…
It left the world in shock and brought Americans together. The terrorist acts brought to light a topic many Americans before would not even consider or dismiss all together. That is that terrorism exists and can happen anywhere and at any time. The acts of terrorism hold no prejudice and show no discrimination. Terrorism is a tool used to grab the attention of the public and place fear on the government. It is used in order to put pressure on the country’s government in the hopes that it will crumble under the stress and meet the terrorist’s