Tricia Wildman
Professor P. Fitz
Psc 113
April 2nd 2017
The cost of counterinsurgency, is it worth it?
War is a tool to enforce core values such as ideologies and policies, therefore it is the continuation of politics through other means (Clausewitz and Maude, 1962). Throughout history the art of war has been extremely political, nation’s rage wars to further their political interest. In the past until world war II, most wars were for conquest in order to create empires. The country or empire that attacked first would be the victor because defense was more expensive than offense. This changed after the second world war and dawn the cold war. The two superpowers of the world the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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On September 11th 2001 the terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked four passenger aircraft, they flew two of the airplanes into the north and South towers of the World Trade Centre complex. These attacks killed almost 3000 people and injured over 6000 more. This was the first major successful attack on the US soil, President Bush in retaliation gave the orders to invade Afghanistan on October 7th 2001.
This was the first war that the department of defense (DOD) has no real plan on how the invasion would take place. The central intelligence agency (CIA) was the mastermind behind the use of network centric warfare (NCW) which was transformation of the army in action. This plan seemed to work as they had the taliban’s on the run through the use of airpower and the Northern Alliance infantry. The problem for the military was that the taliban learnt and adapted to their new environment and concealed themselves underground. The military had to adjust to an enemy that lurked in the dark, NCW was no longer an effective strategy.
Two short years after that invasion, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq. This time not to retaliate but rather as a mission to relieve the country of its alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and to liberate the people of Iraq from their terrible dictator Saddam Hussain. The United States army dominated the ill equipped and unprepared Iraqi army in under two months. The
September 11, 2001 evil struck the United States of America in the form of ruthless terrorism. Terrorism that was sent from a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, and leader of Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden. On the morning of September 11, 2001 19 hijackers hijacked 4 fully flued commercial jet liners and deliberately crashed them in buildings around the east coast. Two planes crashed into both the south and north towers of the world center. Soon after, both towers collapsed to the ground killing over 2,000 people and injuring thousands more. In Washington D.C. a plane crashed into the pentagon killing 184 and injured dozens more. Sending fear throughout Washington D.C. of wondering where the next plane might hit dozens of buildings were evacuated
September 11,2001 nineteen al-Qaeda members hijack four jet airliners in the U.S. The al-Qaeda members crashed two airplanes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and almost killing 3,000 people in the buildings. The U.S didn’t respond correctly because because president Bush declared a war on Afghanistan for the cause of the victims in the 9/11 attacks even though families didn’t want that to happen also to stop the terrorists for doing something like this again.
The September 11 attacks were a various attacks of coordinated terror by theIslamist group referred to as Al-Qaeda. The attack happened on Tuesday September 11, 2001, whereby an average of 3,000 people died, and at least $10 billion in property damage occurred. The first conclusion to be drawn by most low enforcement agencies was that it was carried out by the Alqaeda, with the US government responding with what was known as the war on terror. While Osama Bin Laden initially denied any involvement in the attacks, he, later on, claimed responsibility for the attacks in 2004.
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, the United States of America was tragically attacked by members of al- Qaeda. Nineteen radicals associated with the Islamic extremist group hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against planned targets in the United States. Of the
September 11, 2001 the U.S. was attacked by four crashing planes caused by terrorist. Two of the planes crashed into The World Trade Center at New York City and killed everyone on the plane, 3,000 deaths when the tower collapsed. One to the Pentagon a administrative building at Washington D.C. The last plane crashed into a field at Pennsylvania while passengers and crew members tried to take back control. After that George W. Bush responded to 9/11 and declared “War On Terror”. But I thought the U.S. response to 9/11 was not really appropriate by the way.
On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks in the United States. Two planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City. A third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attack resulted in extensive death and destruction. This triggered the major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over three thousand people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., including more than four hundred
On September 11, 2001 Osama Bin Laden, leader of the Al-Qa’ida terrorist group, ordered for 19 of his men to hijack four planes. Their plan was to attack certain points in the United States of America. The attacks were suppose to be on New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the white house. Many innocent Americans and other nationalities were murdered by the terrorist that day. This day struck many years of conflict for both side with many years of war.
September 11th 2001 is a day Americans will remember for the rest of their lives. This was the day Al Qaeda, a radical Islamic group organized by Osama Bin Laden in the 1990’s, terrorized America. Al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and executed suicide attacks on four sites in the United States of America. The first two of the airplanes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City, another hit the Pentagon in Washington DC and the last plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, but could have been headed towards the White House or United States capital building. Thousands of people died and these terrorists’ attacks changed America’s fabric forever.
The day of September 11, 2001 was one of the worst days in United States history. There was a huge loss of life, and it was the first major terrorist attack in United States history resulting in many foreign policy changes (Shultz, David). Osama bin Laden, an Islamic extremist, carried out this major terrorist attack against the
On September 11 of 2001 an attack on the twin towers was committed by a group led by the notorious Osama Bin Laden who had his own ideology about the United States. Four planes were deployed around the United States commencing his act of violence. One plane crashed on the Pentagon, two on the twin towers, and the last one supposedly heading towards the White House but failed to reach. George Bush called this assault “War of Terrorism”. Countries felt insulted and stunned. War was declared war upon Afghanistan in a matter of hours but the invasion of Afghanistan took place on October of 2001. But even though war was declared By almost three thousand people perished by either jumping from buildings or by being crashed brutally by the jumpers
On September 11, 2001, the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, hijacked four airplanes and spreaded out against targets in the United States. “Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks” (“9/11 Attack”), which caused the U.S. horrific sorrow.
On September 11th, 2001, there was a sequence of four organized terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States in New York City and in Washington, D.C. Two airplanes were crashed in to the World Trade Centers in New York, another airplane was crashed into the Pentagon, and the passengers on board brought the fourth airplane to the ground.
On the 11th of September, 2001, America was under attack. 19 men hijacked four domestic American passenger planes, with the intention of crashing them into several iconic American landmarks. Two of the planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, reducing them to rubble. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane, en route to Washington D.C, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers attempted to overthrow the hijackers. Almost 3000 people died that day as a result of the attacks. September 11th is a day permanently ingrained into the minds of millions of Americans and one of the, if not the largest scar on the face of modern American history. Suspicions arose only a few days after the attack regarding who was responsible and blame quickly fell on the jihadist terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda, primarily based in Afghanistan.
September 11th, 2001 is the date of arguably one of the worst attacks in US history. On September 11th, 2001 three flights full of people were hijacked by members of the terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda. The first plane was flown into the first world trade center the second flight followed shortly after was flown into the second world trade center in NYC. The third flight aka flight 93 was overtaken by the passengers and was landed safely in
On September 11, 2001, the United states became a war zone. A chain of airline hijacking and suicide attacks, planned by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, soon became the most fatal terrorist attack on an American territory in U.S history. Over 2,800 innocent human lives were ended by detestable acts of terror. The events occurring that day affected every American, as millions watched the events disentangle in New York City, leaving the world in a state of panic.