Compare And Contrast Cold War And War On Terror

Communism is a social and political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Communists were presented as threats in the United States and they are known as the Red Scare. The iron curtain wasn’t an actual curtain, but the line of separation was shaped as a curtain separating the non-communists and the communists. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union with missiles aiming at the U.S. from Cuba. The Vietnam War was a proxy war, the first was the United States technically lost because the North still became Communist. Taliban is an Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Several decades ago and even today, they have created terror and chaos throughout Afghanistan. Believed to work with the Al Qaeda, on 9/11/01, terrorists seized control of two airplanes flying over New York and crashed into the World Trade Center, another airplane into the Pentagon in Virginia, then the last airplane into a field in Pennsylvania. The War in Afghanistan started with attacks from Osama Bin Laden, …show more content…
has used paranoia terrorism reasoning for international affairs. They both had to do with different cultures. The main difference between the two wars was who participated. Also, it was a different style of war. The War on Terrorism deals with different types of weapons, unlike the Cold War, not using weapons. In my opinion, I feel as if the United States could do more to prevent terrorist attacks, not only for our country, but for our allies. We could be more aware in who we bring into our country and those already living in our country. If we ran computer inspections we could see any contact through the web. We could double the security. There has to be a way we can make the country safer once