War on Terror

Examples of War on Terror in the following topics:

• The War on Terror

  • The controversial War on Terror describes a struggle against those who harbor or provide support to terrorists.
  • The War on Terror (also known as the Global War on Terror) is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO and non-NATO countries.
  • The Bush administration also stated the Iraq war was part of the War on Terror, something later contested.
  • Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the issues, morals, ethics, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terror and made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer.
  • The "War on terror" has been seen as a pretext for reducing civil liberties.

• September 11th and the War on Terror

  • The attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 led to a restructuring of the U.S. government and the initiation of the War on Terror.
  • The United States responded to the attacks by launching the "War on Terror" and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who were accused of harboring al-Qaeda.
  • The Bush administration stated the Iraq War was part of the War on Terror, something that was later contested.
  • The use of unconstitutional wire taps to prosecute the war on terrorism was only one way the new threat challenged authorities in the United States.
  • Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the issues, morals, ethics, efficiency, economics, and other questions surrounding the War on Terror and made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer.

• The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and then Iraq in 2003, justifying both as part of the ongoing "War on Terror."
  • Unilateralism is any doctrine or agenda that supports one-sided action.
  • In his address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, President Bush had declared war on terrorism, blamed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for the attacks, and demanded that the radical Islamic fundamentalists who ruled Afghanistan, the Taliban, turn bin Laden over or face attack by the United States.
  • The President described the overall objective as establishing a "...unified, democratic federal Iraq that can govern itself, defend itself, and sustain itself, and is an ally in the War on Terror."
  • At the Madrid Conference on Reconstruction, which occurred on October 23, 2003, representatives from over 25 nations met to discuss plans for rebuilding Iraq.

• The George W. Bush Administration

  • Bush's two terms in office were characterized by a socially conservative agenda, the U.S. response to the 9/11 attack, and the Iraq War.
  • Bush began on January 20, 2001, when he was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States.
  • Bush was reelected in 2004, and his second term ended on January 20, 2009.
  • After the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, Bush declared a global "War on Terrorism" aimed largely at Muslim states.
  • Running as a self-styled "war president" in the midst of the Iraq War, Bush won re-election in 2004; his campaign against Senator John Kerry was successful despite controversy over Bush's handling of the Iraq War and the economy.

• The Election of 2004

  • Foreign policy was the dominant theme throughout the election campaign, particularly related to Bush's conduct of the War on Terrorism and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • But as the 2004 election approached, opposition to the war in Iraq began to grow.
  • With two hot wars overseas, one of which appeared to be spiraling out of control, the Democrats nominated a decorated Vietnam War veteran, Massachusetts senator John Kerry, to challenge Bush for the presidency.
  • Republican supporters also unleashed an attack on Kerry’s Vietnam War record, falsely claiming he had lied about his experience and fraudulently received his medals.
  • On October 29, four days before the election, excerpts of a video of Osama bin Laden addressing the American people were broadcast on al Jazeera.

• The Strategic Bombing of Europe

  • During World War II, the Allies used strategic bombing in Europe and Asia in order to impede the Axis infrastructure and war production capacities as well as terrorize civilians on enemy territories.
  • Strategic bombing during World War II was the sustained aerial attack on railways, harbors, cities, housing, and industrial districts on enemy territory.
  • Strategic bombing often involved bombing areas inhabited by civilians and sometimes bombing campaigns were deliberately designed to target civilian populations in order to terrorize, disorganize, and disrupt their usual activities.
  • On May 15, one day after the German bombing of Rotterdam, the RAF was given permission to attack targets in the Ruhr Area, including oil plants and other civilian industrial targets that aided the German war effort, including  self-illuminating blast furnaces.
  • Much of the doubt about the effectiveness of the bomber war comes from the oft-stated fact German industrial production increased throughout the war.

• White Terror

  • "White Terror" refers to white-supremacy groups formed in the South in reaction to recently freed African Americans after the Civil War.
  • During the later years of Reconstruction, the White League was one of the paramilitary groups described as, "the military arm of the Democratic Party."
  • Six well-educated Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee, created the original Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, during Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
  • They burned houses and attacked and killed blacks, leaving their bodies on the roads.
  • Describe how white-supremacy groups responded to social and political changes after the Civil War

• The Effects of the Cold War

  • Following the Cold War, Russia cut military spending dramatically, and the adjustment was wrenching, as the military-industrial sector had previously employed one of every five Soviet adults and its dismantling left hundreds of millions throughout the former Soviet Union unemployed.
  • Because there was no formalized treaty ending the Cold War, the former superpowers have continued to various degrees—depending on their respective economies—to maintain and even improve or modify existing nuclear weapons and delivery systems.
  • The risk of nuclear terrorism by possible sub-national organizations or individuals is now a major concern.
  • The management of nuclear waste remains somewhat unresolved, depending very much on government policies.
  • Among the more specific consequences of the Cold War was a huge fiscal mortgage placed on many domestic economies.

• "Americanizing" the Vietnam War

  • The period after 1964 is thus referred to as the Americanization of the war, with the United States taking on the primary responsibilities of fighting the North Vietnamese.
  • Thieu and Ky were elected and remained in office for the duration of the war.
  • Air Force and Navy that was inaugurated on March 2, 1965 .
  • Previously communist forces had utilized hit-and-run guerrilla tactics, and the NLF who conducted effective tactics of sniping, booby traps, mines, and terror against the Americans.
  • He launched a strategy based on attrition and presided over a larges troop increase.

• The Middle East

  • I'm a colossal failure, and you made me one. "
  • In return, the Palestinians agreed to take steps to curb terrorism.
  • I'm a colossal failure, and you made me one."
  • In 1991, following the Persian Gulf War, the warring parties signed a cease-fire agreement and the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 687 requiring Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction and allow inspectors from UNSCOM to monitor the country's adherence to the agreement.
  • A year before, the President declared that Iran was a "state sponsor of terrorism'" and a "rogue state", marking the first time that an American President used that term.