9/11.

It was tragedy. In September 11, 2001, 4 hijacked planes attempted to attack the WTC and Pentagon. North and South towers of World Trade Center collapsed and around 3000 people died in this attacks. The hijackers were operated by al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. According to the article “The World After 9/11” by Yale Global, Osama Bin Laden’s goal was to recreate the quagmire that bled dry the Soviet Union in the 1980s with America as the victim.

9/11 has maden many change in US and the world. First of all, it also attacked economy of the US. Second, people who live in US became feel fear for the terror. Third, according the article “The World After 9/11” by Yale Global, the attack led directly to the war in Afghanistan and indirectly to the war in Iraq. Forth, it also changed the national security infrastructure of the US.

 

 

 

Some people feel they are not in safe. Because there has been many attempt to hurt the US again and some other people feel they are in safe now at least approaching it because they think they know their “enemy” exactly. Second group are may think that the government of the US did everything that they should do. And they probably think they are winner for “the war on terror”. In addition, they already killed Osama Bin Laden, so they may think they already cut the root of terror.

However, I do not think so. Not only the people who live in the US but all the people can be into dangerous situation. According to John Payne in The American Conservative, he, the Osama Bin Laden was not just leader of terrorist. He was symbol himself. And I think until he been forgotten their memory, they will continue terror to the US.

Secondly, I think the US did it do everything that it should to keep America safe. But they did it only after 9/11. According to CNN article on 7/29/2004, some people argued that the former president ignored the warning about 9/11.

And finally, I think there is no winner for “war on terror”. No one got something. The government loses the trust from people, the people lose another people and the terrorist lose their life.