Assessing the Bush Administration’s War on Terrorism After Six Years

Assessing the Bush Administration’s War on Terrorism After Six Years

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Assessing the Bush Administration’s War on Terrorism after Six years
Class: Foreign Policy
Professor: Dr. Twing
Date: November 22, 2007
Submitted by: Todd Vance

I. Introduction

The War on Terrorism, primarily taking place in Afghanistan and Iraq has been a long and hard road. It seems for the last 6 years there has not been a day when the war was either mentioned on TV or an article published in the news papers. Iraq in particular has been extremely difficult on both the battlefields and in the political arena.

II. Start of the War:
The September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks to the world trade center fueled the United States involvement in the war against terrorism. These attacks claimed over 6,000 civilian American lives, and affected the lives of all Americans. The attacks of 9/11 filled our hearts with fear and anger. We as a society demanded that actions be taken not only to avenge what has happen to us, but also to prevent such attacks from taking place again.
In response to the attacks on 9/11, public opinion hit an all time high for the bush administration, in the upper 90th percent. We looked to our leaded and expected swift and sever action. President George Bush Jr. delivered. Bush immediately had government agencies conducting investigations to discover who was responsible for the terrorist attacks. Later we found out that Al Quaeda was responsible for the attacks.
We began with the invasion of Afghanistan. The United States would no longer stand by and allow countries to harbor terrorists, and held those countries liable for such actions. Afghanistan, with strong public support, was subject to strong offensive military action. Although we never caught Osama Bin Laden, we did deal a crippling blow to the infrastructure that Al Quaeda maintained in Afghanistan.
Our second offensive took place in March 2003, with the approval of Congress. The United States invaded Iraq. Public support had lowered some at this point, but...

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