onse had its economic and strategic interests, but the essential reason for US' actions following September 11 seemed to be the defense of freedom.
             The new American struggle became the struggle for freedom, the reason invoked by President Bush in declaring war to terrorism. Supporters of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq believed in the progress that can be made in defending freedom and democracy anywhere in the world. Freedom became after September 11 an all-purpose explanation for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars conducted by US were justified as a response to the terrorist attacks which aimed the basic liberties of the American society. Freedom was soon perceived as an American good that must be promoted everywhere and US was seen as having the moral duty of promoting democracy throughout the world.
             US took on the role of the leading nation and justified the interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan as being legitimate because they were operations intended at promoting democracy all over the world. This belief in the right of America to guard liberty was not shred by the entire population, but as the vote showed in 2004, the majority of Americans supported President's Bush actions.
             President Bush and his supporters believed that the intervention
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