The Importance Of Propaganda In The Afghanistan War

The September 11th terrorist hijackings and attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caught the United States largely by surprise. Once the dust had settled, and the shock and horror of such an unprecedented event had waned, the American public began to ask questions. Names such as Osama bin Laden, countries such as Afghanistan, and organizations such as Al-Qaeda were brought into the public's consciousness for the first time. Through newspapers, talkback radio and television programs the nation asked ‘why do they hate us so much?' Others, such as those in the government and public service, asked ‘what could we have done to have prevented this?' It is

On September 11, 2001, there was a terrorist attack against the United States. Hijackers flew a jetliner into each of New York’s World Trade Center towers. Simultaneously, a third jetliner crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia. Due to these horrific events, thousands of people were killed. In response to the attacks, the United States declared a “War on Terror.” However, the actions of the U.S. did not come without criticisms from the people of the nation.

On the morning of September 11, 2001 life as we know it in America changed forever. 19 men from a Muslim extremist organization known as al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes with the intent of killing thousands of Americans. Three of the four airplanes hit their targets, the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the last plane was crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after the passengers tried to regain control. These attacks killed almost 3,000 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. The man behind these attacks was a Saudi Arabian man named Osama bin Laden. These attacks caused mass panic throughout the world, but it also increased patriotism throughout the United States. It also is what got us into the Global War on Terror.

On September 11, the US suffered 4 coordinated terrorist attacks. The Islamic group Al-Qaeda, targeted 4 US symbolic landmarks. They targeted the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and Washington. 4 hijacked planes, they managed to take out the west side of the Pentagon, crash into both of the World Trade Centers, due to the passengers in the fourth plane’s attempt to reclaim the hijacked aircraft it landed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. So many lives lost, this day was truly a day of grief and sorrow for the US citizens. The US responded to their attack and went to war with the terrorists.

The happenings of September 11, 2001 were tragic and heartbreaking, and in the presidential speech that George W. Bush gave nine days later, he ties ideas of American exceptionalism into the works. In his speech he adds that, “as long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be a time of terror” (Bush, 93). Here, he is trying to boost the morale of Americans by saying that we will come together and will be able to get over this since we are exceptional from the rest and have a lot of power. Bush then declares that they will go to war and are “confident of the victories to come” (Bush, 94). He is able to say that with confidence because they are a

Considered the “new pearl harbor,” the attacks on 9/11 left a lasting impact on the world today. Due to damage they had to take out large amounts of money in order to rebuild the city and fix what was broken. New words became popular in the American language including al-Qaida, Taliban, ground zero, radicalism, extremism, anthrax and the Axis of Evil. People began to look

The manipulation of the government and media after the 9/11 event is similar to the propaganda used during world war one to increase public involvement in the war effort.  World War I engaged with propaganda on a global scale. The government systematically targeted the general public with propaganda (Welch 2013). Different from previous wars, World war I was the first total war in which whole nations and not just professional armies were involved in mortal combat (Welch 2013). As a result, the government placed significant amount of dependency on propaganda to justify the war to the people, to help encourage recruitment into the armed forces and to convince the population that their sacrifice would be rewarded (Welch 2013). For instance, the

The terror attacks on September 11, 2001 at the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. are remembered as America’s largest tragedy; after all, 3,000 people were killed in these attacks (Combs and Slann). A sense of security and confidence had vanished. However, what is not mentioned in the news articles, TV headlines, and radio chats on the anniversary of 9/11 is the large impact these attacks made on the American psyche. It is not that this outcome was of lesser importance, but it was one of the unnoticed, since all Americans underwent this change. Out of everything that came out of 9/11, this was well needed. Americans had been thinking the same thing about their country for a long time and needed to see that

On September 11th, 2001, a series of terrorist attacks overwhelmed the United States citizens in many forms. According to Villemez “After September 11, Americans lived in the shadow of terrorism which united in fear” (2011). The attack led to advanced technology, public depression and more security with more fear in our daily lives. The tragedy of nine-eleven exposed our generation and generations to come with constant fear and living with paranoia . The attacks were categorized on a whole new level. The events of September 11th by far has the largest amount of American lives loss on American soil caused by a foreign terrorist group called Al-Qaeda.

Everyone can remember, vividly in their mind, where they were on September 11th, 2001. Fourteen years later, and even though I was in third grade, at the time, I clearly remember the day. The September 11th attacks (9/11) were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks which targeted symbolic United States’ landmarks. Islamic terrorist group, al-Qaeda, hijacked planes and crashed them into these landmarks- The World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and The Pentagon being two of the biggest. These events left almost three thousand people dead. It is a tragic day, which we solemnly reflect on every year (History.com Staff 1). The details and the attack, itself, are shocking and devastating. However, with every day in age, what tends to be most striking, is how the media handled the event and how the media landscape was transformed.

The pursuit for peace, optimism and tranquility are the ultimate desires of the human race. It is a placid emotional state that is individually subjective, however there are a few people who endeavor savagery, injustice and cruelty. These iniquities create increasing acts of terrorism. On September 11th, 2001 one of the worst terrorist attacks occurred in New York City as two hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade centres. Ultimately taking over 6000 lives and injuring the minds of Americans. Fifteen years later the interpretation of this event has not changed drastically in regards to how it was first presented.

The terrorist attacks on September 11th affected more than the lives of those in the targeted cities. Nearly every American has felt the rippling effect in both subtle and obvious ways. Everything from what people are eating to the toys that are in demand has been altered because people's perceptions have changed. Though this country has always been considered a patriotic nation, its true colors had not shown in recent history until this tragedy. Now it is apparent that its colors are red, white, and blue. Despite the many negative aspects of the terrorist attacks, some of the changes that have happened in America have been for the better. How ironic for our enemies it would be if their acts meant for evil resulted in an overall

When I was very young I remember the day that the 9/11 attacks happened. I was in my 5th grade math class when my principle made an announcement over the PA stating what took place. He requested that there be an immediate assembly in the gym. When we got to the gym he began to talk about how America was attacked and that two airplanes hit the Twin Towers in New York City. When I was hearing all this I was very confused only being a young boy. Many people came to pick their children up from school in fear that something could happen to us. I also remember how the news portrayed the attacks. They constantly replayed the footage of the planes hitting the towers over and over again. This was a form of social control, in the form of an agent of socialization where “mass media gives information and images that are consumed by the general public (Chriss, 2010). They wanted to strike fear into the people of America and wanted a sense of patriotic emotion running through their veins. President Bush came onto TV and told everyone that they have weapons of mass destruction and didn’t really explain who they are. The only motive was to hurt the American people and this was an action of war. He mentioned that this was the doing of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. It wasn’t until I just read this article that I really understood why Al Qaeda does these things or what their motives are.

The events of 911 changed America culturally in multiple ways. It also brought American people in the light of a new threat, terrorism. This changed America’s outlook drastic. On September, 11, 2001,multiple Al Qaeda terrorists boarded three passenger planes and then hijacked the planes and carried out suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, DC., killing everyone on board the planes and nearly 3,000 people on the ground. A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field, after passengers and crew attempted to take control from the hijackers. These attacks were symbolic attacks against the United States and its people. Not only had it been a psychological attack, it was the first attack in a long time that it happened on US soil. The terrorists were also making symbolic attacks

September 11th changed the lives of many Americans, irrevocably. The horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon altered the way American’s viewed their positions within the world, not to mention their lives and their safety. The attacks brought terrorism to the forefront of national attention, in every aspect. The government became immediately immersed in an effort to understand and defeat terrorism, and simultaneously, the media, with its perverse fascination with violence and profit-driven espousal to round-the-clock, up-to-the-minute coverage, demonstrated an obsession with the attacks, by broadcasting almost nothing but the latest developments in the search and rescue efforts and investigations