The state of our country‚ the safety we have come to know as an ingrained American feeling is now gone. The terrifying events that brought down the towers of the World Trade Center‚ killing thousands of innocent people on September 11‚ 2001‚ is a day that will forever be remembered in our history. The hijacking of planes by the acts of terrorist forever changed airport security‚ the view of turban-wearing Sikhs forever changed how most Americans view them‚ the fighting of a war in the Middle East
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There are many important important events in history. One of the most important to me is 9-11. That was crazy. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Osama Bin Laden was the stupid mastermind behind this attack. He had his men hijack 4 commercial planes‚ two of which crashed into the Twin Towers. The other two were planned for the Pentagon and the White House. They both failed for the Pentagon and White House. Some of the people on board of the plane put a stop to the hijackers and made them crash into a field
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Center. The aftermath left us all speechless‚ standing in silence looking to others of some type of answer. We can never forget‚ what we can never understand. Terrorism is a problem the world deals with everyday. But what came after is a much bigger problem. On the day of 9/11‚ more than 3‚000 people lost their lives to terrorists who have planned this horrible attack for a long time. So America started planned to cause their own terror to the enemy. Over 91‚000 Afghans‚ including civilians‚ soldiers
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After the 2001 September 11th attacks‚ the Bush administration needed a secure place to keep its enemies captured in the “war on terror”. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had already established “black sites”‚ or secret detention centres‚ all over the world. However‚ the Bush administration needed a location outside of international law so they could keep detainees indefinitely while interrogating them without legal intervention. They also needed a location that would not become a target for
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the Revolutionary War‚ after courageously standing up to the tyrannical British government. Over the years‚ we have triumphed over many social injustices and have finally created a democratic nation in which all are free and equal. That history is reflected in all of us‚ in our laws‚ customs and attitudes. Most American children are taught very young that they are lucky to be Americans‚ and are raised to learn the reasons why they should be very proud of that fact. After the events of September
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death that it is to life. It is the way of the life to find death in the end‚ that no life has no end‚ and that death must exist for life to exist. As an excerpt from my reflection of life quoted‚ “To find the meaning of life is a journey to an end; what one can attain is the construction of a personal meaning in the daily undertaking of living itself‚” death is nothing but an undertaking itself‚ that no one‚ perhaps nothingness can only dwell into‚ an absence of any form of life. However‚ to dwell
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Name Course Instructor Date Cause and effect of September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attack Although often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. Often it is the unpredictability of such disasters that causes fear‚ confusion and stress that have a lasting effect on the affected community. In recent history‚ the Sept 11th terrorist attack is one such example. This paper will examine the terrorists’ motivation towards committing the attack and the effect it had on the American
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Joe Kissinger Intro. to Sociology 2110-08 5 September 2011 A) By declaring war after the attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ the Bush administration garnered some advantages. These advantages were not used by Bush for personal reason but so that it was easier for the U.S.A.‚ as a nation‚ to come together and fight terror. I think declaring the terrorist attacks as an act of war was the best move President Bush could have made. During war‚ our nation tends to come together as one‚ put everything else
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living or the small town closeness? Cities and towns are basically the same‚ but most cities have more to offer. I have lived in a couple of large cities such as Oklahoma City and Tulsa‚ but I have also lived in several small towns around Oklahoma. Before you decide where you want to live‚ you might want to look at some of the similarities and differences of Big City living and Small Town living. When you are in a large city and you want to grab something to eat‚ the decision can be hard because there
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GRANT AND LEE: A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee are two of the most effective military leaders in American history. These men have become symbolic of the two nations at conflict during the Civil War. Both had very different backgrounds and personalities that caused them to differ in their military leadership and accomplishments. Even though General Lee would surrender his army to General Grant‚ Lee throughout the course of the war proved himself
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