The assassination of Osama Bin Laden was justified because he was a terrorist and had murdered over 2,977 people during the 9/11 attack. However, some believed that he was Muslim and believed in peace.…
On September 11, 2001, about 3,000 people were killed, and over 6,000 people were injured in the United States. Al-Qaeda, a group of Islamic extremists, hijacked four airplanes to execute suicide attacks. Two of the compromised airliners hit the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Another plane struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the last plane crashed in Pennsylvania in a field. The American people were unfortunately surprised because of those attacks; many loved ones were lost, and many terrorists escaped from our government’s reach. Because of this infamous event, the officials of the United States government have debated and are currently debating whether they, the government, should be allowed to observe and retain information…
How would you feel if you knew a crisis was going to happen? What if you knew that a piece of information could save thousands of lives, and all of it went to waste because no one took action on the information being provided? One would seem to have a feeling of guilt within their conscience, or a feeling of suspicion due to the mishandled conduct of information. Nevertheless, a country had been so violently disturbed and the small shed of light that a terrorist attack could have been stopped seems to bring everyone to the question: Why did the United States not take those reports seriously?…
Since Grendel and Bin Laden were obsessed with the killing of innocents, the lethal tactics performed caused drastic affects on not only the affected citizens but also…
While most Americans call the war the, “American-Mexican War”, the other side would call it, “The U.S. Invasion”. If it is God’s reasoning to expand the U.S. territory as far as possible, then is it also his reasoning to murder those upon their own land? It is not only unjustified to take the land from the Mexicans, however to become inhuman enough to kill those while doing so is unspeakable. There was no need for any more conflict at that time, so to start a war was not ideal for anyone. Would a war be more beneficial or cost efficient than a compromise or a buyout? The Mexicans had only simple ideas of allowing outsiders into their land to increase population. In the words of General Francisco Mejia, “The right of conquest has always been…
my paper on Manuel Noriega and his connections with the CIA but the more I read…
about the United States allowing the people they picked up during their sweep of suspicious groups…
Unfortunately they did. After the bombing in the WTC, al-qaeda completed a series of attacks on both US soldiers and other groups outside the US. After being exposed for these deadly encounters, Bin laden is forced to leave Sudan, and he flees to Afghanistan. Now people are "awake" and aware of terrorism. Warnings started to go out, to alert people about this problem, especially in the US. Different areas of security reported some useful information that went under the radar because the Bush Administration chose to ignore them. These useful warnings were mostly by the FAA, or Federal Aviation Administration. They warned airlines about terrorists planning to hijack planes, up until just a few weeks before 9/11. Because of these human errors, 9/11 was a success. Something must have angered Bin Laden for him to go to the extreme. The first interaction between the US and Al-Qaeda was back in 1988, during the war against the soviet union. The US helped them to gain power over their land, and provided weapons for them. The main reason that Bin Laden was upset was because of the gulf war in 1991. Soldiers were sent to…
September 11 2001, marked a very tragic day in history, and immediate action was required in order to handle the situation. During the Bush administration, surveillance programs were put into place in order to monitor possible hostile actions towards our country. In a post Snowden article in 2006, Robert A. Levy went into depth about what Article II is and if current programs put into place can be deemed illegal. After reviewing Article II and Levy’s position I agree that it was illegal, but I believe that this was because what need to take place was described vaguely and was left up to interpretation. The fourth amendment speaks about using “reasonableness,” what might be reasonable to one may not mean the same to another. Due to this, abuse…
The first time readers become aware of this is on Tuesday September, 6 on page 212. Zeitoun along with his friends living in the house on Claiborne are all arrested and driven to a terminal a few blocks from the Superdome. From there, they are told they are under arrest because they are ‘Al Qaeda’. However much the evidence may have pointed towards this being a correct statement, the men had committed no crime, had not been processed correctly, and had not been allowed to make a call. All evidence of the government being corrupt during this time. Another example brought to reader’s attention is a man Abdulrahman Zeitoun meets at the Hunt Correctional Center. “He met a man who said he had been moving furniture in his house just after the storm hit. The police spotted him and broke in. When the protested his innocence they beat him up and left. A few days later, he came to the Greyhound Station to complain. They arrested him and sent him to Hunt” (Eggers 258). This ridiculous behavior during a time of crisis is unacceptable and shows how the government was…
When the novel’s main character, Guy Montag, commits a great crime and is being searched for, a man that was thought to be Montag was killed, while the real Montag escaped successfully. Describing this situation, Ray Bradbury writes: “The camera fell upon the victim, even as did the Hound. Both reached him simultaneously. The victim was seized by the Hound and camera in a great spidering, clenching grip. He screamed. He screamed. He screamed!” (149). In this case, the government killed an innocent civilian just so that they would not be blamed for letting Montag escape. Today, there are a few instances where the government has done exactly the same thing. For example, following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. went on a search for one of its biggest enemies, Osama bin Laden. David Johnson writes in his article, Osama bin Laden, Wealthy Saudi exile is a terrorist mastermind: “Binding their fate to bin Laden 's, the Taliban became the target of air strikes by the U.S. and Britain beginning in October 2002 that swiftly toppled the regime within two months. But Bin Laden, the object of the military campaign in Afghanistan, remained at large.” Many promises were made by the government that this terrorist would be found in no time. However,…
The 2010s had plans to revive America by fixing the economy and making it a safer place to live. On May 2nd, 2011, Osama Bin Laden the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was killed. He was pursued for ten years by the United States and coalition forces during a raid led by the U.S. Navy Seal Team 6 on his hideout location in Pakistan. President Barack Obama has another significant victory on November 6th, 2012 with 332 electoral votes to 206, for his second term in office against Mitt Romney. Obama finalizes his proposal of healthcare. His idea of Obamacare was meant to be a very Affordable Care Act. Obamacare goes into full effect for millions of Americans. Over 7.3 million join the system. Prices increase while minimum wage stays the…
I don't agree with the methods employed in Operation Fast and Furious. Main reason is the ridiculousness of the pros and cons. There are much more cons in this situation right off the start. The moment the federal government decided to sell 2,000 rifles and handguns to these cartels is when they made an inexcusable mistake. You can't give criminals weapons and expect to track them as if they will be insight or fully in control of them. Better methods should have been implemented in this program. Starting with the under staffing of the operation, the ATF should have requested greater help and communication with the local law enforcement agencies. I guess in some ways certain federal agencies keep certain operations a secret to prevent being…
On September 11th, 2001, The United States of America and the rest of the world stared and watched as the first and then second tower of the World Trade Center in New York came under attack by terrorists. At 8:46 am, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. At 9:03 am, the South Tower was struck by another airliner. These were the first two of four terrorist attacks to occur on the fateful September day. At 9:37 am, the third plane would fly into the Pentagon. At 10:03 am, the final terrorist attack was thwarted as passenger of United Airlines Flight 93 took back control of their plane and crashed the plane into a field in Pennsylvania. This was the last of the terrorist attacks but nowhere near the end of the horror.…
Safety and security in air transport around the world became stricter following the 9/11 attacks. There were more regulations around what people could bring in and on planes, and anyone suspected of terrorism or involvement with the al-Qaeda organisation (one of the world’s largest terrorist organisations) or the Taliban could be detained in Guantanamo Bay without being fairly charged or trialled.…