The Muslim Extremist had attacked US several times which could have heated the situation with US and the Muslims. They car bombs as one of their method of terrorism. August 7 1998, they had planted them into two cars and blew up at the American Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 224 people, including 12 American and wounding more than 5,000. (This car was bombed by the Muslim Extremists in Paris)
At a airport administration in the U.S, the Federal Authorities have suspected terrorists, known to be part of Bin Laden's group, were receiving flight training at the building. One of the convicted terrorist confessed that he was involved in crashing a plane into CIA headquarters. Reports were sending warning messages that "large numbers of Middle Eastern males" were receiving flight training and could possibly be terrorist attacks.
In 1990. the first Iraq War and Persian Gulf War happened which led to uprisings in Iraq and the U.S. After 42 days of the attacks, firing both on air and on ground, George Washington declared a cease-fire on February 28, but most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had surrendered or fled. This situation led to a second Gulf War, it has come to be known as the Iraq War, began in 2003.
Although there are many more historical events that could have motivated the 9/11 attack, I believe these could have been an alert to many people because the acts that these people had done could have been a message but people refused to believe that there could have been an attack on American soil. The Muslims Extremist attack the US several times and killing hundreds of people should have been a warning to many people because they had injured Americans and could have probably injured more, as they did in 9/11 killing thousands of American people. The President should had done something to had prevented damaged but it wasn't too successful. I could be wrong in the way I interpreted these events or the way I'm putting them but these could been alerts to the Americans to know there was worse coming before they attacked the World Trade center.
- Claudia Gomez
While I agree that these events could have hinted at an attack. I do not think it was enough to put together a defense. To defend an attack like 911 would be very difficult even if knowing the when and what. They could not have stopped those people from getting on a flight. Or even if the US was able to catch on mid way through the attack, how would anyone take control of the flight in path to its target. It is really scary to think that something like this did happen and could happen, and there is no a whole lot we could do to prevent it. I think that the fear leads people to construct theories that point to another possible explanation for the attack. Even today, we have more airport security, that does not mean that the system is bullet proof.
ReplyDeleteOne aspect to this point I have heard is it is the governments fault for not being prepared for 9/11. With 9/11 being so immense I do not think there could have been anything to absolutely stop the attack for occurring. I also don't think anyone should blame the government for not being prepared because it was not their fault Al Qaeda did what they did.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both Drew and Nick, there's no way that 9/11 could have been prevented. If 9/11 had been stopped, Al Quada and Osama Bin Laden would have found another way to terrorize the United States. In regards to your argument that the United States was aware of terrorists receiving flight training, TSA officers did keep this notion in mind. All five hijackers from Flight 77 and their carry on luggage were stopped for further screening when they went through security prior to boarding the flight. Because they did not have any suspicious items on them, they were allowed through. People did what they could with the information they had.
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