Posted by 7JordanV on September 12, 2011 at 2:30pm
Today we had blog discussion on 9/11.Tower 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed at 5:45 PM.President Bush was in Florida and he wanted to fly back to Washington D.C. but his secret service told him that they had to keep him safe so he flew to Omaha.Many people jumped from the Towers and comitted suicide to escape burning alive or never being found.1947 - Israel is set up as the homeplace for the Jews after WWII. Israel was attacked but they won because of our support. Turkey was known as the Ottaman Empire up until 1918. Turkey lost WWI and they lost all their colonies in the Middle East.The Middle East didn't like the control the west had on them.1979 - Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, so we sent money and supplies to the Mujahaeden. We helped strengthen the Mujahaeden which eventually formed the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.1990 - We send troops to Saudi Arabia because Iraq invaded Kuwait.The Taliban was the government of Afghanistan.Reactions - Airport security has been changed drastically. The Department of Homeland Security was created. The Patriot Act was passed. It gave the government a lot more power to listen in on conversations to look for terrorist ideas, thoughts, and plans.
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