It's not beating on the Little Countries, It's Standing for what we Believe in, and Fighting for what is right
The United States of America is one of the most dominant countries out there, if not the most dominant country. When another country, or terrorist group crosses us, it is necessary for us as a country to defend our nation and our beliefs. Some believe that for the U.S. to retaliate is an immature and irrational decision to get "payback", when in actuality it's not payback but it is the U.S. showing no toleration for terrorism. As President Bush stated in his speech, "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America."
The war against terrorism is not completely due to September 11 of 2001; the terrorist attacks on behalf of the Taliban go back to about a decade ago. The first of the attacks wasn't as severe as the most recent attack.
There was only one casualty at a bombing of a Yemen hotel, which was targeted towards American Soldiers. The next of the terrorist attacks were the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, which had a casualty count of over two hundred bodies. Then in October of 2000, there was an attack on a U.S. warship. Seventeen American soldiers died on the U.S.S. Cole off the coast of Yemen that day. As you can see there have been numerous terrorist attacks on the U.S. With time the attacks become more and more complex, and the United States sustain more and more casualties (Bergen 25).
Many believe that it is immoral for the United States and our Allies to retaliate against the small nations and terrorist organizations of whom violated us on that very day. I believe that as...
Hypocritical essay
the facts contradict everything youve said in this essay. If Bush suddenly has become the worlds "protector" and will not tolerate terrorism, why has he allowed the spanish ETA terrorists to continue? Or the isreali and palistinian suicide bombers? Why is he not bombing the I.R.A out of Northern ireland? The fact is this is a war for oil.The americans have 6% of the world population and burn 25% of the oil. And far from "teaching the terrorists a lesson" by going and bombing iraq or afganistan or wherever this magical Axis of evil is, you kill husbands, fathers and sons, leaving a whole new generation of people who hate the destructive nature of america. You say that they should seek out "the enemy". Bush will be able to show figures on how few civilians he has directly killed, yes, because he will copy his fathers stratagy; bomb the power plants and sewage factorys, so there is no power for the hospitals, and the sewage leaking into the water supply will cause massive outbreaks of cholera and typhiod.Coincidentily, the mediciene sanctions imposed by the US started as these outbreaks began, leaving thousands of iraqi civilians to die horrible preventable deaths. Is it any wonder they hate us?
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