9/11 was what made America the broken place it has been recently. First it caused the U.S. to go to war, which has but them im trillions of dollars in debt and sank to the same value as a canadian dollar. Second people have no trust in there government. All in all i think one attack pretty much crippled a nation.
2007-06-20 10:57:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No, competent leadership could easily have prevented those things. 9/11 certainly had an impact; but the lasting effects you're describing are the responsibility of the Bush administration.
2007-06-20 11:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Beardog 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, it went way back before 9/11. If you ask people from Middle East, US has been too much involved and messed things up. For example, during Iran-Iraq war, US supported Saddam, supplying weapons, satelite, and intelligent information. On the other hand secretly sold weapons to Iran to fund Nicaragua operation (Reagan era). It was as if we enjoyed seeing them kill each other. This is an example, there are more.
Secondly, if you learn muslim culture and belief around the world, Islam is more than a religion. There is a strong "brotherhood". If you mess with one of them you will deal with all muslims.
It's not just 9/11 that had an effect, it is the entire foreign policy in muslim countries. If we attack another muslim country, our "titanic" will surely sink.
2007-06-20 18:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by suriono 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get this assertion from? Very few Americans would claim or believe that 9/11 had no effect on them. Certainly 9/11 had a severe impact on America, and the economy was stunned for awhile, but it's hardly "crippled" now.
Your posting is a rant, not a real question.
2007-06-20 18:06:50 · answer #3 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with most of that. The US is a mess, but it usually is; the current mess always appears worse than previous messes, that's just human perspective. Next, 9/11 affected the whole country at the time, and many continue to feel it; however, the actions and issues culminating from the attack are our own. Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11, and the dwindling trust in the government is based on the government's own actions.
2007-06-20 18:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The American people were effected by 9/11 and they still are. 9/11 was government black ops meant to traumatize and use fear against the masses to convince them start war on terrorism.
9/11 was purposely done, then they used the media to pacify them back to the reality they want to project. Sometimes our government will remind us that Osama Bin Laden and other boogimen are out there, waiting to get us (mwahahahah).
Many Americans are unaware of how they've been effected. Brainwashed subjects don't believe they've been brainwashed. They still don't realize that 9/11 was planned, staged and carried out by corrupt officials in our government with the assistance foriegn intelligence agencies.
2007-06-21 21:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and the worst thing is there is ample evidence that high ranking people in the military played a major part in bringing about those attacks on 911.
Frinstance;
1 The Salomon building blowing itself up and falling in 6.6 seconds (the same speed as gravity)
2. Norad turning into softcocks on that morning, letting 4 passenger jets fly all over the country for over an hour.
3. 85 security tapes from the pentagon yet only 4 doctored frames were released.
4. BBC News finding 9 of the alleged hijackers still alive, and the feds never revised their list.
5.A pilot who couldnt even fly a cessna pulling off blind navigation, flying loop de loops and holding a passenger jet 4 feet off the ground as he flys at the most bomb proofed part of the pentagon!!
6. Put options proving advanced knowledge.
7.Isrealis saying they reported the attacks prior to 911, the white house saying they didnt.
8. 19 invisible hijackers snuck past all the airport security cameras and didnt even have their names on the passenger lists? yeah right, like that could ever happen in the real world.
9. $50 million spent investigating one of Clintons spunk stains, and only $15 million to investigate the deaths of 3000 American civilians!! WTF???
2007-06-20 18:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People define how something effects them through a personal lens. If they watched the towers burn and did not cry...they probably say it did not affect them.
What you are saying has happened over time. We did not go to war immediately, it took time. For many people the war still does not hit home for them because they do not have friends that are dying, they are not in a position that they are faced with it daily.
The effect is real.. higher gas prices, inflated economy, more disabled people and so on...it is just happening slowly.
2007-06-20 18:02:07 · answer #7 · answered by Holmes C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said Americans believe it had no effect? Not to mention 9/11 had nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq which is a war that has crippled us most.
2007-06-20 18:01:20 · answer #8 · answered by sharpie 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why should we trust the government when they do things like 9/11?
2007-06-20 18:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't get me started on 9/11. The important thing is to vote out all the scum that have profitted from 9/11 in washingtion dc.
2007-06-20 18:02:22 · answer #10 · answered by jeb black 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋