America, "The Great Nation"

ture. December 7th, 1941, the day when Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and almost wiped out the entire U.S. navy force. The America's hatred towards all Japanese immediately reached frenzy after this event. As a result, America compelled all Japanese decent that were living in the U.S. to live in interment camps. They had no connection with the Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor. The only thing they had in common was their ancestry's nationality. Many of those Japanese victims joined the U.S. military later on and proudly fought battles for the nation. They had to prove to the country that they weren't just Japanese, but Japanese-Americans. September 11th, 2001, America witnessed the most devastating terrorist attack in the history by Arabs. Millions of Americans watched the World Trade Center along with their family and friends collapsed to the ground of ashes. The entire nation was in shock as everyone waited for the reaction of the government. America realized what we did was immoral and illegal to the Japanese-Americans during World War II. "The Great America" wouldn't let history repeat itself, would it? I was still a sophomore in high school when this tragedy occurred. The next day I went to school, the first thing in the morning was an announcement from the school's principal. He strongly emphasized the attack that happened yesterday does not involve any of our fellow students. Days after the tragedy, I also saw commercials appearing on TV showing people with different ethnicities including Arab-Americans holding the American flag uniting with each other. President Bush also addressed his opinion that "the enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists. We need to bring these terrorists to justice. We also need to do everything we can to protect the rights of all of our citizens." Despite all of these, there were still numer...

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