After the horrific attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001, the George Bush administration used the term “The War on Terror” to describe the military campaign that would occur as retaliation. This military campaign’s main goal was to seek out to destroy terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda with the ultimate goal to take out the leader of the September 11th attacks, Osama Bin Laden and all of his followers. In 2013, the Obama administration announced that the United States would no longer be using the terms “War on Terror” and “Radical Islamic Terrorists” claiming that America is not at war with a tactic or the religion of Islam. Rather we are at war with the terrorist organizations that plot against us. This sparked a lot of controversy
…show more content…
The Bush administration did not create a symbolic term to destroy terrorism rather they created a war on muslims. Hundreds of terrorist attacks have occurred which were carried out by non-muslims and non-arabs that did not generate the same mass media coverage in which the suspect happens to be muslim. Muslims are wondering when the day will come when they will not be looked at with suspicion. This day will never come if our country does not rid of this atrocious stereotype. It was righteous of the Obama administration to finally be aware and mindful of this …show more content…
They say President Obama can watch as an American is tortured, but cannot utter the words radical Islamic terrorist because he is an unfit and weak leader. In a Washington news conference Republican nominee candidate Ted Cruz went as far as to say that "The broader solution is a commander-in-chief willing to speak the truth, willing to name the enemy — radical Islamic terrorism — and willing to do whatever it takes to defeat radical Islamic terrorism," and "When you have President Obama telling the nation that the Islamic State isn’t Islamic, that’s just nutty."
When in reality saying Islamic terrorism only offends and disavows the many peaceful muslims who are also fighting this radical ideology. This might be a much different story if it was labeled as Christian
The Bush administration did not create a symbolic term to destroy terrorism rather they created a war on muslims. Hundreds of terrorist attacks have occurred which were carried out by non-muslims and non-arabs that did not generate the same mass media coverage in which the suspect happens to be muslim. Muslims are wondering when the day will come when they will not be looked at with suspicion. This day will never come if our country does not rid of this atrocious stereotype. It was righteous of the Obama administration to finally be aware and mindful of this …show more content…
They say President Obama can watch as an American is tortured, but cannot utter the words radical Islamic terrorist because he is an unfit and weak leader. In a Washington news conference Republican nominee candidate Ted Cruz went as far as to say that "The broader solution is a commander-in-chief willing to speak the truth, willing to name the enemy — radical Islamic terrorism — and willing to do whatever it takes to defeat radical Islamic terrorism," and "When you have President Obama telling the nation that the Islamic State isn’t Islamic, that’s just nutty."
When in reality saying Islamic terrorism only offends and disavows the many peaceful muslims who are also fighting this radical ideology. This might be a much different story if it was labeled as Christian