911
Why Did This Happen
On the morning of September 11th 2001 an attack was launched on the two World Trade Centers in New York City. Many people may believe that this is a big conspiracy however you can not fake that almost 3,000 people lost their lives. What some people might not know is what caused the attacks or what drove these islamic terrorist to do this.
Many people will argue that this was caused by religion. A lot of historians will say that it is a result back from when the Christians tried to spread their faith and beliefs to all of the middle east. Well some groups did not like this such as the Islamics and the result of their disliking led to what’s called a jihad which is a war over religion or a holy war. Eventually this formed bad blood between these two religious groups. Since a majority of the United States is Christian many people think that this is what drove Al Qaeda to do this.
Other people will think that it is because of the political ways of the United States. Meaning that the Islamics to not like how the U.S. tries to control “everything” in the world. This all started back in the cold war when the U.S. and Russia had a lot of tension in their military and government. In other words it was just a war of propaganda. However during the cold war the Russians invaded Afghanistan in hope of spreading their communistic beliefs. Since the United States and Russia were not on good terms the U.S. decided to help the Afghan people. They sent them money and highly trained military personnel to train them for their war with Russia. Eventually the Afghan military drove the Russian intruders off of their land. After the war was over the Afghan army was very strong and ruthless. The United States thought that the Taliban (Afghan military) would help straighten the country out a in some way make it a better place to live. NOT. They were way too ruthless and ended up killing a lot of innocent civilians. Once the United States caught on to what was happening they told the Afghan that it needed to be stopped. And that goes back to where the Islamics get mad because the U.S. tries to tell them what they can and can’t do. Therefore leading to several attacks by Al Qaeda on U.S. territory all over the world. Which includes the attacks on September 11th 2001.
I think that 9/11 was caused by the Islams thinking that the U.S. tries to rule everything. I agree with this because time and time again nations all across the world try and say the the United States get way to involved with things they have no business being in. However I think that it is necessary that the U.S does get involved in these things to make sure that not terrible happens in other countries.
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Comments
Great job!!