This document is about the comparison of the 9/11 and the pearl harbor incidents. This document is going to explain the comparison of presidential responses to 9/11 incident as well as pearl harbor. Discussion about how the culture and class of the attackers in the both incidents have affected us. Therefore what religious affiliation and notions of superiority have influenced these events.
Both events pearl harbor and 9/11 were disastrous. Consequently in these disasters the lives of innocent people were taken. Furthermore, thousands were killed by foreign attackers that entered our country. These events are very important and what happened caused innocent lives to be taken.
SIMILARITIES
Both events were ?sneak attacks?. The …show more content…
Japanese forces were led by vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
They were clever in a way to attack on weekend thinking Americans would be more relaxed and less alert.
Eleven unborn babies also died.
The attacks killed 2,996 people directly.
The cost of cleaning up the 1-8 million tons of debris after 9/11 is estimated at $750 million.
It took firefighters 100 days to pull out all the fires ignited by the 9/11 attacks in New York.
Religion and Culture
Religion in Japan: Shinto and Buddhism are Japan?s two major religions. Shinto is an old as the Japanese culture, while Buddhism was important from the mainland in the 6th century. 51.82 % of Japanese are Shinto, 34.9% are Buddhists and about 2.3% are Christians.
The incident of 9/11 was attacked by the group of 19 hijackers. They were Muslims, as was confirmed from the phone calls by the victims. Their group was al- Qaeda. ?They had an Islamic look? said by one of the victims to her husband during a call. The religion is a great cause of the 9/11 incident. The religion drove those planes into the building. According to many historians Religion is like a fire ? it can warm our homes and cook our food, or it can burn those same houses down and take a great many of us with