War On Terror Research Paper

America’s participation in global issues (wars) has resulted in changes for several groups of Americans whether political, social, and/or economic. These changes have had their effects on those/that group/s of Americans, and the American society in general. One war in particular, which has had it’s own devastating effects on Muslims, Sikhs, and anyone who resembles a person of Middle Eastern descent. this war is the “War on Terror.” It can also be argued that this war has even affected non-Arab Americans as well. Please note that there are two parts to this “War on Terror,” the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan. The War on Terror began with the war in Afghanistan around the early-mid 1990’s. Afghanistan was going through a civil war because of the collapse of the communist government. The Taliban was on one side of the civil war, during this time the Taliban was essentially a governing party. They (the Taliban and their co-conspirators) built up an Islamic state government, by promising a better future for the country, in trying to do so the Taliban executed Najibullah, the president of Afghanistan from 1987-1992. America would not allow the Taliban to be recognized. …show more content…
This being one of the first times America was a target for a terrorist attack, although not on American soil. America tried to retaliate by bombing, yet missing, Saudi Arabian leaders and terrorist group leaders. By the year 2000 Osama Bin Laden is now a well-known name and is a wanted man, he was speculated to hide in the deserts of Afghanistan and round up and training people to follow in his footsteps, America demands that Afghanistan surrender Bin Laden, Afghanistan refuses (note that Afghanistan is still under Taliban leadership), because of this America placed sanctions on Afghanistan's trade and their development in their