No one gave much thought to it. However, after the 9/11 attacks terrorism was brought to the limelight and people realized how much of a growing threat it really was and thus initiated the war on terror. Ever since the Revolutionary War Americans have always had a sense of pride, patriotism, and duty to their country. The attacks on the United States did nothing more than spark this pride of country from a campfire to a blazing inferno. When President Truman signed his famous Truman Doctrine to stop the advance of communism Americans felt a need to be the civilizing force in a world full of evil (Rogers). 70 years later the evil is no longer communism but terrorism and the urge to end atrocities to mankind still resides within Americans, even stronger than
No one gave much thought to it. However, after the 9/11 attacks terrorism was brought to the limelight and people realized how much of a growing threat it really was and thus initiated the war on terror. Ever since the Revolutionary War Americans have always had a sense of pride, patriotism, and duty to their country. The attacks on the United States did nothing more than spark this pride of country from a campfire to a blazing inferno. When President Truman signed his famous Truman Doctrine to stop the advance of communism Americans felt a need to be the civilizing force in a world full of evil (Rogers). 70 years later the evil is no longer communism but terrorism and the urge to end atrocities to mankind still resides within Americans, even stronger than