If Bush didn't start the so-called "war on terror", who did?

Question

We were attacked by 19 men on 9/11/01.
It was Bush who decided this was an act of war.
It was Bush who decided Islam was the enemy.
It was Bush who decided we needed "a broader war on terror" and attacked Iraq.

Compare the military capabilities of Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush. Who REALLY has the potential to start a "war on terror"...aka World War III?

Answer 1

Actually, I think the war on terror was started LONG ago Look back to the Carter administration, when Iran took Americans hostage. Our lack of real response has emboldened the fanatics over the years.

Of course, if the UN would have handled Iraq....or Clinton, when Saddam violated the cease-fire, the no-fly zones, etc., etc., etc.

This goes WAY beyond any one administration. LOTS of blame to go around.

And who said Islam was the enemy? Do you have any proof that Bush said that? Those fanatics just use religion as an excuse. If you're the type of person who can gleefully behead someone, I have a feeling you'd find an outlet for your...."interests" no matter what.

Answer 2

You need to dig a little deeper than the surface run you just made. First of all, America in some form or another, has been attacked over 3000 times since the mid 1980's. Do you remember the Marine Barracks in Lebanon?? What about the USS Cole??? The first WTC attack??? Oklahoma City???? The two East African US embassies???

Sometimes, its not the size of the army attacking, but the way they attack. 19 Men proved to be pretty deadly, and would have been more, which was their goal, had they hit their targets 30 Min's later.

If you go back the the early 1900's, you will find America has done more than its share of trying to talk to people who, for what ever reason, hate us and wish to harm us. We ignored the Kaiser in WW One, Adolph in WW Two, North Korea was ignored and so to, to a certain extent, Viet Nam.

There is an old saying, " Talk is cheap and actions speak louder than words." One well placed dirty nuke could bring the world on the brink of WW Three. One man, with a suitcase, could cause that act to happen. We don't need a Bear bomber, and ICBM or a short range missile. ONE MAN with a suitcase Nuke, could, in the right location, bring our nation down.

When you do research on the Net, check several sources cause you can find wacky Blogs and sites that, if you read them long enough, they make sense, and that is whats so scary about them. They are so far right or so far left, makes Tedd Kennedy look like a fiscal conservative and Pat Robinson look like a closet Liberal.

Answer 3

We have been at war with radical Islam since Iran took our embassy people hostage during the Carter administration. We chose to ignore this disease known as international terrorism for decades. We finally realized that we are at war after the attack on 9/11. The only reason it ended up in Iraq right now is Saddam overplayed his hand. He would still be in power if he had cooperated with the UN inspectors. He liked making everyone believe he had horrible weapons. After 9/11 we could not take the chance that he did and might provide the technology to terrorists. Since we were still at war with Iraq since Dessert Storm, we took the opportunity to take out his perceived threat.

The terror supporting countries in the region realize the threat to them that a Free Iraq would pose, have been supporting the insurgency with money and sophisticated weapons. The disease of fundamentalist Islamic tyranny cannot abide the cure that liberty brings to the long suffering people of the Middle East.

Answer 4

Your logic is flawed - badly. Your apparent hatred of Bush is clouding you perception of the facts. Consider:

It was not Bush who decided this was an act of war - and it wasn't Bush who ignored all of the other acts of war perpetrated by the Islamic terrorists on American troops all over the globe for over 25 years. It was not Bush's policies of inaction and no effective response to these acts - policies of inaction which finally culminated in the events of 9/11.

It was not Bush who "decided" that radical Islam was the enemy. They told us, over and over again, that they were our enemy. We just weren't listening seriously enough.

Anyone with sufficient funding, a demented following ready to die for martyrdom and the logistics to initiate a complex attack to murder almost 3000 innocent people in a single day has more than sufficient capability to "start a war on terror."

Answer 5

besides the actuality that i've got no longer heard the term used too plenty, the reason being incredibly obtrusive. First... so a procedures as Iraq... they did no longer subject a "statement of war" like we did in WW2. They issued an "Authorization for using militia rigidity in Iraq." This authorization replaced into asked by way of the President. the will for the authorization replaced into offered to Congress by way of the dep.. of protection, the CIA, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of group. The information USED to sell the request to Congress.... replaced into demonstrably fake. Colin Powell RESIGNED via this falsehood, so did Rumsfeld.... and a bunch of others. for that reason.... Bush's war. He replaced into the pinnacle of the administrative branch.... he replaced into in value of the militia, the NSA, the CIA.... and ALL foreign places family concerns. This replaced into his toddler.... the greenback stops with the President. It replaced into his call to assert that the tips we had replaced into sturdy adequate to request use of militia rigidity.... it replaced into HIS militia that have been given despatched over their per HIS falsehoods and unsuitable assumptions. previously you bypass and throw all people else decrease than the bus putting forward that for the time of basic terms Congress can authorize wars (that's real).... maybe you may desire to positioned some theory into the WHY question. As in "Why did Congress authorize militia action, and per tips from whom?" the respond.... ALL of that tips got here from the administrative branch.... and wager who replaced into in value of that? EDIT: And.... sorry.... there replaced into no statement of war.... there wasn't in Korea, Vietnam, or the 1st Gulf war the two. we are battling... yet legally we are no longer "at war."

Answer 6

Bush is the terrorist.....wake up Patriots!!!! Before he bombs your city next!

People who refuse to accept the fact that the U.S. Government had their hand in the Terror Attacks of 911 are ignorant. It's impossible for Jet fuel or Kerosene to melt iron. Also if the floors collapsed causing a chain reaction it would have taken well over 90 seconds for the buildings to come down. They came down at free fall speed....9 seconds. There is no logical argument here. Explosives were pre-planted in the building. Some will argue that the fires were raging hot inferno’s...however if that was the case then why were there people standing in the holes where the planes impacted waving for help? Their clothes weren’t even burnt.

Here we are talking about the biggest crime scene in the history of the United States...and what did Guilani do? He scooped up all the evidence and got rid of it as fast as he possibly could. Sent overseas to be recycled? I doubt it...my guess is they dumped it all in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

If people would for one second look at the evidence...it's a common tactic for a country to injure or attack itself and then blame it on the enemy. Then we can go get em. There is even a name for it...it’s called.. “Pretext for Military Intervention” Why doesn’t someone tell me why NORAD didn't scramble any fighters to escort the hijacked planes down? They didn't miss 1, but all 4!! Anytime a commercial airline goes off course without explanation, within 10 minutes, fighter jets are supposed to escort them down. Especially the air space over the Pentagon! Hmmm. How convenient. You think it was because Bush ordered Cheney to take control over NORAD the same morning of the attacks? Did you also know that the WTC changed owners about six months prior to the attacks? Did you know that the buildings were worth more if destroyed than standing? That Larry Silverstein is the man who cashed out on the scam...walking away with billions? Did you know that there was a flurry of activity on Wall Street prior to the attacks, and the majority of the trading was “Put options” on the doomed Airlines stock? Did you know that there were multiple explosions heard inside the buildings from all kinds of firefighters, police officers and witnesses? Did you know that WTC Building 7 fell at approximately 5:30 p.m.? That the building did not suffer any major damage, but it somehow blew up into a fine pile of dust? Does anyone know what propaganda is? Do you know that it is also a well known and effectively used tool for the government to pull the wool over your eyes? Well, don't say we didn't warn you when your asking yourself 5 years from now "How could this happen?" Educate yourself and open your eyes folks. This is real, and there are more than just a couple of us who think so. Go to Google and type in Terror Attacks of 911...have yourself a look at all the choices there are to choose from.

Answer 7

GW was elected by the voters as our Commander-in-chief of all the military. One of his duties as president is to CONDUCT FOREIGN AFFAIRS. He made the decision as a representative of the people and (most of all the democratic party leaders agreed). It is your DUTY as an American citizen to question his conduct of the war on terror but NOT TO QUESTION WHETHER WE SHOULD BE THERE OR NOT SINCE WE ARE ALREADY THERE!!!!!! Do you understand this or should I repeat?

Answer 8

Exactly.

Why would Osama bin Laden/Al qaeda start the "War on Terror"? I mean, he'd be attacking himself.

Bush did start this war, he labelled it the War on Terror.
He was the Commander in Chief when the forces invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.

This is his war, and it has been a mistake, especially that Iraq part.

Answer 9

Sorry as soon as the planes hit I decided it was an act of war as did all Americans if you remember. The rest is just what we requested until some of us turned yellow.

Answer 10

Islamic extremists. It appears you might want to take a history lesson outside of the public education system.