President George W. Bush's War On Terror

President Obama entered office in January 2009 with a full plate of hard choice to make in order to get the United States stronger, better, and most importantly safer. Knowing that Osama Bin Laden was still a free man in the world made the fear of many especially in American great. President Obama knew it was his duty while in office to hunt down and capture or kill Bin Laden for not only the crimes that Bin Laden had committed against American, but as well as crimes

A month after the terrorist attack in the US, a war was launched by the United States. This war was known as the “fight back” war. It was the beginning of George Bush administration’s war on terrorism. The main theme of this war was to stop terrorism and catch Osama Bin Laden. He was the main person who planned this evil attack on September 11, 2001. Bin Laden’s trained groups that were

The United States’ War on Terror following the attacks on 9/11 began with the invasion of Afghanistan and an attempt to to overthrow the Taliban government for harboring Osama bin Laden, the one responsible for the devastating attacks, led to devastating casualties of American and Taliban soldiers, as well as countless civilians. The United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom on October 7, 2001 and began a ground and air attack in Afghanistan. In the first year of the war, it is reported that between 1537 to 2490 civilians were killed in the air assault led by U.S. forces (Guilliard 66). The U.S. swiftly defeated the Taliban but failed to capture Bin Laden before he escaped to Pakistan. It is reported that roughly 13,000 Talibani soldiers were killed in the first year of the war Guilliard 74). This led to very poor relations with Afghan “rebels” in which there were many sporadic battles with that led to Afghanistan becoming a

The main goal of the war in the beginning was to kill Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda that was supposedly responsible for the September 11 attacks. When this task was finally accomplished, members of al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other organizations became angry and vengeful and started to resent the United States even more; new terrorist groups emerged, such as ISIS or ISIL. The “War on Terror” has therefore become an “Encouragement of Terror.” In addition, the war has exacerbated the reputation of the United States among American and Middle Eastern citizens. When the war first started, the media used propaganda techniques to influence people to support the troops and the president in the war effort. Because the war has raged on for 13 years and has caused thousands of deaths, the people of America have started to lose hope in their government, and the amount of war protests have dramatically increased since 2001. People originally supported the United States in their intention of setting up a democratic government in Afghanistan in an effort to help the people living there. This claim ended up being a propaganda technique in order to raise support for the war; even though the United States has helped improve some conditions and the lives of civilians, their original goals have not been met. This method proved

First, ever since 9/11 happened about a month later United States troops had attacked Afghanistan trying to destroy the al-Qaeda terrorists group. After two years from the attack United States invaded Iraq, suspecting that President Saddam Hussein was making the weapons that were being used to hurt America. Not being directly linked to the terrorist attacks going on President George W. Bush

The war on terror is an American-led international campaign to stop terrorism and terrorist groups because of 9/11. America has had a multidimensional approach with a widespread war effort on terror. “The U.S. spent 3.3 trillion fighting Al-Qaeda alone” New York Times author David E. Sanger reported in his article The Price of the Last Chances. America will always continue to fight the war on

On September 11, 2001 the world changed. It was on this day in the United States that four planes were hijacked by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic group al-Qaeda. These hijackers intentionally flew loaded passenger planes into the World Trade Center building in New York City, the Pentagon building, and crashed on plane into a field in Pennsylvania. In total almost 3,000 American citizens lost their lives in what was the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil (Bergen). The resulting reactions from the US government to this attack would eventually involve two foreign wars and various pieces of legislation such as the Patriot Act. This became known as the “Global War on Terror.” A the time, President Bush’s approval rating soared from under 50% before the attacks, to over 90% after 9/11

After 9/11 president George W. Bush had responded and issued a “War on terror”. First, he accused Afghanistan and Iraq on supporting the al-Qaeda terrorist group. Then he invaded both countries and replaced their government. The war strategies the used against Iraq was a complex setup U.S troops were lined up against the iraq border with the help of the british, poland, and australia. They were sent to fight a war that lasted 21 days that consisted of 135,00 troops. The U.S fought that war and won it.

After Clinton left office, a republican from the state of Texas takes the presidency. George W. Bush wins the election of 2000 against Democrat Al Gore. Even though the Al Gore won the popular vote for the presidency, Bush won the vote from the Electoral College vote, causing him to win the running. Gore didn’t believe Bush won the votes, demanding a recount of the votes to ensure that he one but was later stopped by the Supreme Court. As president, bush supported many things, including the stem cell research, education reform, and the major tax cut for the people. Foreign policy became a great issue after the attacks on September 11, 2001 hit in the world trade center. 2 planes hit the towers each which caused them to collapse, 1 plane hit the pentagon and 1 plane attempted to hit the white house.

Osama bin Laden came from a very well-known Saudi family (Rosen). His father had his own successful construction company and was even close to the royal family (Rosen). His father died in a helicopter crash when Osama was only ten years old (Rosen). Bin Laden inherited a portion of his father’s fortune and became very wealthy (Rosen). However, bin Laden wanted to do something incredible in his own right to really live up to the “bin Laden” name (Rosen). He ended up finding a way to do so by successfully leading Afghanistan to defeat the Soviets

The War on Terror is a campaign by the United States and some of our allies to control international terrorism. The attack on September 11, caused a lot of panic and worry about terrorism, pushing this into action. After the plane crashes of September 11, a lot of Americans were afraid. They thought that some attacks might/could occur in their country at any time. Following the 9/11 attacks, another wave of attacks hit. Letters containing anthrax spores were sent to people in the news, and to members of Congress in D.C. When you inhale the anthrax it can damage your lungs, and cause death.

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for the 2001 attacks against the United States on Arabic TV. It was rumored that the Pakistani government of Pervez Musharraf offered Osama Bin Laden a peace deal to safe harbor him within its borders to cede control of tribal areas in mountainous Waziristan, to Taliban forces. Pakistan's military and political establishments were said to have been aware of Bin Laden's location and helped to

On September 18th, 2001, Congress enacted the “AUMF”, Authorization for the use of Military Force. The AUMF was at the request of President Bush, in response to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. The AUMF granted the President the authority “to use all necessary and appropriate force against those… he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001, or harbored [those who did].” (www.acslaw.org) Al Qaeda was identified as the terrorist group that was responsible for the attack and thus was targeted by the United States Military for the next fourteen years. The AUMF has been referred to as the global war on terror, but that would be an untrue nickname, as the AUMF only authorizes force against those responsible for the September 11th attacks. Osama Bin Laden was identified as the leader of Al Qaeda and subsequently was killed in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2nd, 2011. So far, conflict in the Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Djibouti

On September 11, 2001, the United States witnessed its worst attack on U.S. soil since the bombings of Pearl Harbor in 1945. Members of the terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked four aircraft and managed to crash two of them in to the Twin Towers in New York City. When the smoke cleared, there were 2,752 deaths. This day marked the beginning of a new type of war for the United States: the war on terror. These events left President George Bush with a complex and troublesome series of decisions to make. Afghanistan is the country harboring the terrorists who orchestrated their attack, yet Afghanistan did not commit the attacks. President Bush needed to make a decision and fast. Should the United States attack a country that harbors

After the events of September 11, 2001, the United States had a unique dilemma. America was engaged in what would be called a “War on Terror”. This new conflict was unlike any in American history. Previously, in the context of war the United States had always fought a nation or group that had defined boundaries as to where they resided. This new conflict went away from these rules of the past. Terrorist groups were not bound to a region, but were instead united by an ideal. September 11 marked the first time in which terrorism would rise to the forefront of the nation’s agenda. This emergent wave of conflict required a different strategy than the those of the past because of the unorthodox nature of the opponent. One of the major innovations fostered by the “War on Terror” was the expansion of torture. The dramatic rise in terrorism sparked the unethical advancement of interrogation techniques in order to more effectively acquire information. The emergence of the “War on Terror” required government officials acquire intelligence in a new way thus spawning the emergence of “enhanced interrogation” methods, however, the morality of these techniques would come into question as they were revealed to the public.