The War on Terror began September 11, 2001, after a devastating attack on the United States. The military campaign was initiated by the United States and the United Kingdom with support from other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to invade Afghanistan and Iraq in response to the attacks in Washington …show more content…
There are some similarities do arise, for example, the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have followed the pathway closely relevant just like the Wars in Vietnam and Korea. There were no goals initiated on how to restructure the aftermath and as a result became decreasingly trapped in a cycle of self-created uncertainty. Although, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan do share common characteristics with the Korean and Vietnam wars, the accomplishment of the War on Terror can be credited to the hidden operations over the actions of the military and diplomatic …show more content…
The new era of terrorism sparked after September 11 with a different focus. While there some diligent comparisons to the Cold War and the War on Terror, I believe the two wars are quite different. During the Cold War, the United States was relatively the underdog compared to other nations of the world. The United States had to compete for the great Soviet Union, which was the primary concept of the war. On the contrary, the War on Terror did not include major world power, but rather small anti-western insurgency