The truth is majority of Americans did not know/ still do not know who is exactly to blame for the 9/11 attacks or know the exact reason why we went to war with Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan (as evident during class discussion). Former President Bush used the Art of War technique, in which they chose to believe that violence is the only answer in order to succeed against your enemies; when the executive order was sent out, the U.S. was angry and wanted to retaliate and act fast before actually having all of the information.
Did something need to be done? Yes. But the U.S. was not justified in the measures and actions that it took.
Works Cited:
"US Spending on Middle East Wars, Homeland Security Will Reach $4.79 Trillion in 2017." US Spending on Middle East Wars. Brown University, 9 Sept. 2016. Web. 03 Mar. 2017.
President Bush did indeed use the Art of War concept and use violence as the answer for the war with Iraq, when it should have been more thought through, like the Gita is based on. I agree the war with Iraq was not justified, however I don't necessarily think that the US was seeking revenge necessarily, because there were threats of weapons of mass destruction, and when there are threats on the US you are going to act upon it, but it could have been more strategized and better planned before jumping into action and creating a war that was not needed in the first place. I think there are A LOT of faults that could have been avoided with the war with Iraq, but there were threats that could have easily turned into more attacks.
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