Barack Obama's Influence On 9/11

Every president has an agenda when they start out, a list of things that they hope to accomplish during their presidency. Included in this agenda is usually a plan regarding foreign policy, or United States relations with other countries. Barack Obama, as our current president, is no different. His plans and successes so far are interesting to note. Obama's plans regarding foreign policy when he became president were big. He wanted to end the war in Iraq, finish the fight against the Taliban, weaken or get rid of al Qaeda, keep terrorists from gaining access to nuclear weapons, and to strengthen overall alliances with other nations. Being at war in Iraq causes the nation to have men at risk, spend lots of money, and causes tension between the U.S.A. and Iraq as well as nations that are allied with Iraq. al Qaeda is a terrorist organization that previously attacked the United States, on the memorable date September 11th, 2001, so Obama wanted to prevent possible future attacks by eliminating this group. Nuclear weapons are extremely dangerous for countries to have, and even …show more content…
troops from Iraq. While this is good, I feel that Obama shouldn't have put so much effort into finding and killing Osama bin Laden (the leader of al Qaeda). While I understand that his part in the 9/11 catastrophe was major and that America suffered greatly from that event, I don't think that the best way to justify things was to kill in return. Death is very permanent, and while lots of Americans and their families had to deal with it, I don't see the point in doing the same to someone else; I find it slightly inhumane. Arresting him and keeping him in prison for life, if that were possible for America to do to someone who isn't in America, would have been a better option, in my opinion. I believe that this was too vicious of a move by Obama, and I don't think he should have done