September 11 is the most memorable day in American history. On this day 19 hijackers flew American built planes into various important American buildings, including the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and an attempted attack to the United States Capital. This lead to the devastating deaths of almost 3000 people. It was the biggest attack on American soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This day has changed America forever, it has turned its people paranoid and desperate to regain the security a nation should provide. One turns on their Television today, 14 years after the incident, and can still witness American’s concern and fear for the war on terror. People go to airports and are obligated to remove their shoes, serving as a constant
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In James Petra’s article, “9/11 One Year of Empire-Building” he argues that the occurrences of September 11 were the starting points for the launching of the second version of the New World Order. By doing so America secured its dominant internal power and has secured a prestige rank in the world’s market. According to Petra the United States had been waiting for an event like 9/11 in order to justify their defiance to domestic restraints. He writes, “The use of ‘anti-terrorist’ to justify massive state terrorism would fit nicely with… empire building strategy”. The United States’ priority after World Word II was the expansion of Imperialism. Through this American corporations would flourish and govern the world to come. The idea of a new world order; however, was nothing new. President George H. W. Bush publicly announced his attempt to reach a “new world order” in order to obtain economic and political dominance over the world after the Persian Gulf War. Despite his efforts the New World Order failed to materialize due to the rapid increase in international protests against neoliberalism. It was only through Bush Jr. that this political idea could flourish …show more content…
He states that “New FBI guidelines, as well as congressional legislation such as the USA PATRIOT Act and advanced surveillance technologies, empowered the bureau to conduct political policing on a previously unknown scale. “ (IvanGreenburg) The FBI increased surveillance on its citizens by using technological advancements to monitor its people. Ironically during Ford and Carter’s administration the FBI minimized its security investigations, in fact they even passed the Levi Guidelines that limited the FBI to deal with only law violations and political violence. Which ultimately lead them to cut down their spying budget. The FBI spying only reemerged during the Reagan years. The cold war was over and communism was no longer a problem, a new issues was permeated, “terrorism”. The word terrorism plays an important role in the 21st century because its lugubrious connotation allows the feeling of fear to be imbedded on the hearts of the American
In James Petra’s article, “9/11 One Year of Empire-Building” he argues that the occurrences of September 11 were the starting points for the launching of the second version of the New World Order. By doing so America secured its dominant internal power and has secured a prestige rank in the world’s market. According to Petra the United States had been waiting for an event like 9/11 in order to justify their defiance to domestic restraints. He writes, “The use of ‘anti-terrorist’ to justify massive state terrorism would fit nicely with… empire building strategy”. The United States’ priority after World Word II was the expansion of Imperialism. Through this American corporations would flourish and govern the world to come. The idea of a new world order; however, was nothing new. President George H. W. Bush publicly announced his attempt to reach a “new world order” in order to obtain economic and political dominance over the world after the Persian Gulf War. Despite his efforts the New World Order failed to materialize due to the rapid increase in international protests against neoliberalism. It was only through Bush Jr. that this political idea could flourish …show more content…
He states that “New FBI guidelines, as well as congressional legislation such as the USA PATRIOT Act and advanced surveillance technologies, empowered the bureau to conduct political policing on a previously unknown scale. “ (IvanGreenburg) The FBI increased surveillance on its citizens by using technological advancements to monitor its people. Ironically during Ford and Carter’s administration the FBI minimized its security investigations, in fact they even passed the Levi Guidelines that limited the FBI to deal with only law violations and political violence. Which ultimately lead them to cut down their spying budget. The FBI spying only reemerged during the Reagan years. The cold war was over and communism was no longer a problem, a new issues was permeated, “terrorism”. The word terrorism plays an important role in the 21st century because its lugubrious connotation allows the feeling of fear to be imbedded on the hearts of the American