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Was 9/11 a success???
I debated with a friend on whether or not 9/11 was a victory for the terrorists or not. He argued that it wasn't and that America has succeeded in it's war on those responsible for the attacks.
My argue was this, 9/11 can be seen either as a victory or a failure. A success in the sense that they spent roughly around 300,000$ total for the expenses of those who carried out the evil deed. In turn, they caused 700,000,000,000$ in damages that stemmed from those attacks, whether it is actual structure damage, to the stock market downfall, to air lines claiming being bankrupt as well as military operations having to be carried out. The falling economy also gave way to giant corporations folding, thus the scandals coming to light. Had the conomy not have fallen so drastically and the attacks strike fear into the economics america, I don't think certain scandals would have surfaced, there would not have been any reason for the companies to fold. One of their goals was to hurt our economy, I'd say they did. Keep in mind, I do understand that many of the giant corporations are dealing with the left overs of the golden 90's in corporate america.
9/11 was a failure in the sense that it did not tear america apart. It somewhat forged a bond between all americans inorder to protect what many believe to be the symbol of a free world.
My take is this, we have not succeeded in finding/capturing Osama Bin Laden or Al Queda. Yes we have capture/killed a FEW of Al-Queda's leaders. But all we really did was topple yet another government and bring western ideology into a middle eastern nation. I realize it is like finding a needle in a hay stack when looking for specific individuals. But we can't even stop Saddam hussein from building weapons of mass destruction. Now that leads into a different subject.
I say we do this, Hold off on the hunt for international terrorsits. Go ahead with the invasion of Iraq. Form some sort of an agreement between Britian and france so that they go ahead with us and invade iraq as well. Once iraq has succombed begin some sort of Campaign stating that there are terrorists in Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lybia and Lebanon, and then begin a massive military campaign. Invite the russians to join in as well and reclaim their lost territories in the south as well as Turkey. Once military success has been achieved, NATO countries will then control 90% of the worlds oil supply. We can do what we want with the peoples of the conquered nations. Kill the trouble makers (terrorists, rebels, religious radicals, Mullahs). After doing this, the people will begin to be irritated at what we have done if they aren't already. To win the publics approval we then slash petrol prices to the consumer down by half and sell the surpluss at some resonable, yet high, rate to the rest of the world. We then reduce taxes by 1/2 as well since we now have control of the ultimate gold mine, thus making money that can take the place of taxes for the government. After public approval has been won, begin a massive worldwide manhunt, with merccanaries leading the way, for those we have not dealt with from events from 9/11 and the like. Economic life will then be like that of the 50's and 60's.......I'm sure most americans would love to see the days where a very nice car would cost you less than 10,000$.
What do some of you think? Was 9/11 a success or failure? What would you do if in power?
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