War on Terrorism

States lost roughly 2,900 American lives that day. As terror and anxiety broke out across the country, Americans looked for guidance and comforting in our president, George W. Bush. In George W. Bush’s address to the nation on 9/11, he explains the terrorism attacks were meant to weaken the nation. Bush, being president for one year then, is acting as many speakers: a father, commander in chief, and…

Within his first year as president, George W. Bush experienced the single most deadly conflict on U.S. soil in the history of the nation. On the morning of September 11th, a series of attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania left nearly 3,000 Americans dead and shook the foundations of the nation. In his national address that evening, Bush ultimately mourned the loss suffered by the United States and sympathized with those directly impacted by the violence. Although the…

Putting The Terror To A Stop As soon as the second tower was hit the American people knew they were under attack. This meant war; but not just any war, a war on terrorism. In President George W. Bush’s address to the people after the attacks he stated, “The search is underway for those who were behind these evil acts. I have directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between…

The word “terrorism”, breaking such a peaceful silence, can cause the people around you to look at you with a naked eye and a distasteful frown. Terms like these have no good reputation behind them, more likely, they strike fear into civilians and even the higher-ups. Nowadays, we know certain people and/or group(s) who wield “terror” known as terrorists and use it for the worst of things, all resulting into more chaos and tragedy. To be more specific, these results pertain to blowing up a…

a time of mourning, Lincoln informs the nation that the United States would continue to fight for the survival of a nation based on the principles of freedom, despite the high casualties due to different beliefs. Lincoln reminds the nation that the war is all just a test to challenge whether or not a nation with a foundation based on freedom can survive. Likewise, one hundred and thirty-eight years later, President George W. Bush delivered a speech from the White House on the evening following a…

The United States have its own current strategies to counter state sponsored terrorism. It is based upon Former President George W. Bush Doctrine. When he addressed the National Security Strategy in October 2002 to the nation, he made it clear that, “ America will hold to account nations that are compromised by terror, including those who harbor terrorist because the allies of terror are the enemies of the civilization. In this essay we will look at current strategies being used to repel…

reducing the threat that terrorism poses around the world. Through surveillance and the ability to not be easily detected, drones make our troops safer because they are out of harm’s way. With advancements in technology, drones are able to study and accurately carry out missile strikes that eliminate suspected terrorists and high-risk targets in the middle-east and around the world. Drone warfare should be conducted by the United States military due to the war on terrorism, reduction…

3,000 people. Before the 9/11 attacks, there was another deadliest act of terrorism happened in the United States on the 19 of April 1995 claimed the lives of 168 people including children and 800 more wounded (Josef, 2014). This deadliest attacks also caused damaged to more than 300 buildings, resulting $652 million worth of damages (Josef, 2014). Based on the 9/11 attacks, it can be conclude that terrorism can caused war, many innocent people died and also caused damaged to public and…

States actions us took during the cold war and its roots of terror. The main argument of the Mamdani book is that Islamic political violence emerged as a result of certain historical…

scenario to define terrorism as an act of war, or as a crime, or both. However, terrorism is a controversial definition that could mean different things to the parties involved in that act either directly or indirectly. If we consider terrorism to be a crime, then this terrorists can be trialed in the domestic law, but these attacks are sometimes dismissed as isolated events in the international law grounds. On the other hand, if we categorize terrorism as being an act of war, then we assume…