When the US joined
2007-10-02 11:43:58 · 8 answers · asked by MARTIN SUSAN T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Unlike warring with a nation... the war on terror started as criminal acts, and grew into full blown war.
2007-10-02 11:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by gcbtrading 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a homework question? Seriously?
The "war on terrorism" was invented in the 1990's by Project for a New American Century who decided that they needed an excuse to go back into Iraq.
If you're asking about the war in Iraq, that is a different question, as is when did we go to war in Afghanistan.
2007-10-02 18:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Meredith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It began in the early 1970s, when the US got nervously involved with Middle East squabbles, at the behest of Nixon Secetary of State Henry Kissinger---who logically assumed our "intervention" may secure lower per barrel OPEC gas prices; something that evidently didn't work out too well.
Things got stepped up a notch when exiled King Hussein quietly warned either President Ford or Carter (not sure which) to keep a wary eye on Saddam.
And things got really hot when Shiite Muslim radical Ayatollah Khomeini snatch-grabbed US Embassy hostages, careful to let go those from strong nations.....and kept 51 American hostages; one died in captivity !
We simply weren't ready for such dangerously dirty poltical dynamics, as President Jimmy Carter, tried in vain (much to American citizen disgust) to take the "Christian approach" and neogotiate with terrorist thugs.
We were ready the very second President Ronald Reagan took his Oath of Office---and they KNEW he was ready to deal with them! Back then, Reagan didn't have "political correctness" to deal with; even if "PC" was around, Regan would simply ignore it. Khomeini sonic boom delivered our hostages back home---where they came back home to a hero's welcome. And the USA, for a time, was covered quite well on Regan's watch.
US Security eventually eroded over time during the Bush / Clinton / Bush, Jr. era.
Analytists all logically knew we'd eventually become a successful terrorism target strike; Olkahoma confirmed we also had to look at our own backyard for angry terrorist factions. New York WTC was unsuccessfully striken once.....
And the think tankers were right....and yet again....we tragically weren't ready. Question is: are we ready now?
2007-10-03 06:30:38 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can trace threads of what lead to the war on terrorism all the way back to the christian crusades.
2007-10-02 18:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It started whenever the Earth did.
2007-10-02 18:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by DeltaKilo3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
March 17th, 2003
(not sure if it's the 17th or 7th.)
2007-10-02 18:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by spaabroadway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when Bush became president!!... there was no terrorism before him and there shall be none after him (that is when he is dead lol)
2007-10-02 18:46:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
2003, not sure though
2007-10-02 18:46:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋