Should America Go to War
On September 11, 2001 at 8:45am, American Airlines flight 11 slammed into the North tower of the World Trade Center, in the heart of New York's financial district, and changed the lives of Americans forever. America was unexpectedly attacked by terrorists, and the prime suspect is Osama Bin Laden. Americans are in shock, and are feeling agony, pain, grief, fear, but most of all, anger and rage. We all want revenge and retaliation on the evil, heartless people who did this. But the question is, should America go to war? And if we do, who do we fight against? We are not sure because this is not a fight against a certain country, this is a fight against Terrorism. There should be no doubt that the United States should find the perpetrators of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks and use whatever military force is necessary against them. If the mastermind behind these heinous acts is indeed Osama bin Laden, then our goal should be the total destruction of his al Qaeda terrorist group. If it is bin Laden, then the Taliban government in Afghanistan should suffer the wrath and might of a U.S. response. President Bush made clear from the outset that the United States would "make no dis
But we are also at a crossroad. We need to make the distinction between retaliation against those responsible specifically for the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks versus a war on terrorism. These are two very different things. The former is a daunting task of tracking down the setup of a distributed terrorist network and destroying it. The latter - "a global assault against terrorism in general," according to Secretary of State Colin Powell - is completely uncharted waters. As for the question of going to war, I think war is inevitable during this time. These people left us no choice under the circumstances. I really hope they put an end to terrorism and put to justice the people who are responsible, but without the cost of any more innocent lives. But the problem is that this isn't just a war against Afghanistan or any other country, it's a war against terrorism and people who are against freedom. I feel that if we don't fight for freedom, then we have nothing to live for. No one can say how the outcome of this long fight against terrorism will turn out. It will be very difficult, and their will be consequences and suffering, but America can't just sit around and wait for another tragedy like sept 11 to happen again. We have to make an effort to put and end to terrorism once and for all, so that we can have our lives back again.
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