Our Society after September 11, 2001

            Our Society after September 11, 2001
            
             On September 11, 2004 thousands of United States citizens and servicemen died at the hands of terrorists. In the beginning, the United States and the world grieved for the lost citizens and servicemen. Eventually, thoughts turned to retaliation as a means to strike back against the group that killed so may of their loved ones. After weeks of contemplation, President Bush announced that it was time to go to war to bring the terrorist to justice. Many people did not realize that the troops would still be fighting and defending themselves two years later. Watching Fahrenheit 9/11 gave me such a different view of the President and the war on terrorism. Fahrenheit 9/11 has a major impact on our society as it relates to the pipeline/Enron scandal, the amount of funds the Saudis have invest in the United States banks, the injured troops, and money that was cut from the troops and their family.
             Terrorist has been attacking various countries for decades, if not centuries. Most people believe that it was just a matter of time before they targeted America on a larger scale. The world has been fighting the war against terrorism for decades; it just doesn't seem to go away.
             For the last three and a half years or since the 9/11 terrorist attack, President Bush has pounded the thought that Sudam had weapons of mass destruction in the heads of the American people and yet no weapons have been found.
             President Bush has long announced that the war was over and the American Troops were in Iraqi solely to rebuild and to hand the "new" government over to the Iraqi people. Now, months after the "new government was handed over to the Iraqi people, the troops are still stationed in Iraqi. Yet there has been more blood shed now than during the war. How can that be? Many people believe that the war is over oil and not Osama bin Laden and his weapons of mass destruction.
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