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that “9/11 was a cover-up, safer now… hardly”. Nathan and Donald both had similar responses stating that we left Iraq to early prior to completing our mission. They both agreed they do not feel safer, because of the current ISIS group competing with Al Qaeda. Donald stated that “ISIS needs to be hit hard by the U.S. to avoid future attacks similar to 9/11”. Nathan feels we have made progress and stated “The events of September 11 opened our eyes, but we need to stay alert”. When asked what…

One hero whose story became known from this day goes by the name, The Boy in the Red Bandanna. Welles Crowther grew up in Nyack New York. At the age of six, his father gave him a white handkerchief for show, but a red bandanna for him to blow his nose. From the time, his father gave him that red bandanna; he loved it and carried it around with him always. Welles was a smart and concentrated kid who always did what he was told and loved helping others. He was always a leader and captain on his…

Him along with Abdullah Azzam, and a few others were the leaders of Al- Qaeda. Osama tended to micromanage his organization and what had become his business empire all while Al- Qaeda expanded into agriculture and manufacturing. All along the way he continued to strengthen his organization by retaining business interests and supporting political leaders, cultivating presidents…

country, it was the attack against the nation that now over fourteen years, the country is still left facing and has continued to cause the lives of many. On that same day of the attack former President Bush gave notice that the groups known as the Al-Qaeda were the ones associated with the attacks. That is when the country began to go to complete operation mode in protecting the nation and it’s people, and it began planning a war. It’s leader at the time President George W. Bush had made…

There are many differing opinions on war and the motivation to fight in it. In Carl von Clausewitz’s famous document, On War, he goes in depth about his specific views on war. Clausewitz says that the ideology that people feel for the war is what motivates them to fight and this motivation is in direct correlation with the violence in the war, but I believe that it is people’s desire for change that motivates them to fight in the war. Though Clausewitz makes good points throughout On War, I…

The constitution in America gives to the Congress the important power of impeachment of high-level federal officials, including the President of the United States. “Without a doubt, impeachment of a sitting president is one of the most serious acts the Congress can undertake.” (Dr. Routh Fall-2015.) Many believe a call for the President of the United States George W. Bush to be Impeached, much less prosecuted criminally, along with Vice President Dick Cheney, Director of the Central…

Dictionary.com has three definitions for the word terrorism: the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes; the state of fear and submission produced by terrorization; and a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. In America alone, at least three thousand people died and over six thousand were injured during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Boston Marathon bombings killed only three, but injured almost three hundred.…

The insurgency is blamed for catastrophic attacks aimed against Somali nationals and foreign aid workers. In June 2006, members of Al Shabbab kidnapped four western aide workers and more than a dozen Somali’s. (Article, Fall of Mogadishu Leaves US Policy in Ruins, The Guardian 2006). This incident greatly affected the presence of aid workers in Somalia and has resulted in the African Union amending its policy on sending western aid workers into Somalia. Shabbab has also carried out car bombing…

President William McKinley was in New York shaking hands with the well-wishers at an exposition on September 7, 1901. All of a sudden Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist, started shooting in the crowd with a pistol. Unfortunately McKinley was shot and he died a week later. This is how and why Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to take office during the progressive era. Progressivism was fueled by many decisions by voters and political leaders. One basic question that many Americans…

Presented as “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man” (Mayer), Zero Dark Thirty is the dramatization of the search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Centering on the work of Maya Lambert, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, the film has raised controversy due to its historical inaccuracy in depicting torture. The film justifies torture by portraying that enhanced interrogation techniques provided key…