Monday:
1. What was President Bush doing when he heard of the attacks?
He was in a school classroom
2. According to President Bush, what is the first thing a leader needs to do for the country in times of crisis?
You have to stay calm, show a sense of calm.
3. Why did the Secret Service refuse to allow President Bush to go back to Washington D.C. right away?
It would be a bad decision to go back to Washington D.C. because you didn't know what was going to happen.
4. What did the US government/military do to to ensure another attack did not occur?
They landed all aircraft's, anybody who is still in the air and not talking, you will be shot down, and no more plane takeoffs.
5. Why was President Bush sent to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha?
There is a secure bunker there and good communication, very secure location.
6. Why did President Bush eventually insist on going back to Washington D.C. later that day against the will of the Secret Service?
If he gives a speech in the middle of america he would look to "chicken", he doesn't want the terrorists to think that.
7. What was the point of President Bush's message to the nation on the evening of 9-11?
Everything will be okay, you can get as close as you can get to be declaring war without declaring war.
8. Why did President Bush decide not to blame the CIA/FBI for not doing their job?
Its all about moving forward, don't look back, keep on fixing things.
9. How did President Bush feel when he heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed?
He had a sense of closure, gratitude that justice was served, and thanked president Obama.
Tuesday: Going over Assigned blog topics
Wednesday: Assigned blog topics and current issues
NOTES:
Why did they attack?
US had forces in the middle east and Osama Bin Laden didn’t like that. He called us infidels
Infidels invading their holy land
U.S. is allies with israel and they hated it
What impact did 9/11 have?
Airlines were shut down for several days
airlines security stricter
economy took a huge dive
television shows
chronical diseases
Ptsd (post traumatic stress disorder)
Plane safety tsa (transportation security association)
late night talk shows
decade long war in afghanistan
some schools closed
loss of jobs
price of oil and gas went up
National parks and landmarks closed down
Professional and college games delayed
Movies and video games were cancelled, changes or delayed
patriotism increased
DHS(2001) Department of homeland security- make sure homeland is secure
FBI(1908/1935) Federal bureau of investigations- investigate federal crimes- inside the country
CIA (1947) central intelligence agency- Spy outside of the country
NSA (1952) National security administration- in charge of listening to phone conversations or anything with the computer
Church committee (1975) A senator from Idaho, they researched the CIA, they have done bad things, like participated in assassination. The CIA had got stripped of their powers, they got blamed for not stopping 9/11.
What did the US do in response cont.?
department of Homeland Security was set up
New Cabinet position in Executive Branch
Patriot Act was passed
NSA (National Security Agency) spying
Waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay
Bush Doctrine- US had the right to secure itself against countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups- US should depose foreign governments that represented a potential threat to the security of the US- Encourage democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East as a strategy for combating terrorism
Osama bin Lad
7th child of 50 children
born 1957
Didn't know father
mom got divorced
His dad dies in 1967
- dad had 10 wifes
UK:
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England
Middle east- hot spot
israel- jewish
jewish people controlling holy land when islamic people think that it is their holy land
The palestinians (nation without border) They want to create an independent palestinian country
Afghanistan- been at war for a long time, we helped giving the mujahideen food and weapons
The taliban is the government in Afghanistan
Iraq (ISIS) - Sects- Sunni vs Shia Both islamic and go at war all of the time
The curds gassed the people
Syria- “It’s a jacked up place,” stated Emilio.
Comments
Good! Listen to Emilio. He know what he is talking about.