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The War on Terror

Hermann Goering's statement(while there is truth to it(does not really apply to the United States War on Terror. Goering is suggesting that leaders "tell" the people that they are being attacked; in the United States, we were actually attacked. This was not a small-scale attack, either. According to CNN, the immediate death toll from the 9/11 attacks was 2,973 ("U.S. deaths in Iraq, war on terror surpass 9/11 toll"). Many more died within several months, of lung disease from the toxic dust released by the collapse of the towers ("Higher 9-11 death toll raises questions"). "The 9/11 Commission Report" points out that "The death toll surpassed that at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 (Zelikow, Kojm, & Marcus). The attack involved not just the World Trade towers but also the Pentagon and the deaths of passengers on commercial airliners. There is obviously a vast difference between government leaders informing citizens of nonexistent attacks and a government leader that witnesses an actual attack and vows to fight a war against terror. Goering was a Nazi propagandist. President George W. Bush had no need of propaganda; the smoking towers and Pentagon, plus the wreckage of planes told the story. Bush's War on Terror was a response to attack from the outside, not an inside strategy to delude or subjugate the American people.

The War on Terror is a legitimate war. Watching thousands of people die in a fiery inferno, hearing tapes of some people's final communication to their families, and recognizing that future such attacks are a strong possibility unless something is done to stop them makes the War on Terror both legitimate and advisable. It would be unconscionable to stand back with hands folded while terrorists do as they please, killing people both on U.S. soil and around the world. To do nothing is effectively to promote terrorism and to agree to it. It is absurd to think that handing terrorists free reign wo...

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