The Post 9/11 World

September 11th, 2001 was a horrible day for the entire world. I remember it clearly. I was sitting in my 7th grade biology class when another teacher ran in the room and told our teacher to turn on the TV. We saw the whole thing play out on the news and the whole school erupted in chaos. We were sent home early with a letter. People were freaking out because someone they knew was in New York and they couldn't find out if they were okay or not. Needless to say that day was a shock to the world and the beginning of a chain of events that still has not ended today. The aftermath of 9/11 was a nationwide paranoia. I remember hearing people say that the Taliban was going to bomb the viaduct in Canton because it is a national landmark. I remember that one of the nephews of Saddam Hussein lived in Canton and had to be escorted out and flown home. The news did not help, with the terror threat color system. Every other day it went up, then down. I always felt like that was just a plot to keep us scared. Unfortunately, that day gave George Bush Jr. the opportunity to start a war that I believe is completely unnessecary. I think that he started this war, maybe with the right intentions, but that he continued it because of his family's interest and connections with the oil industry.

I never really talk about 9/11 with people but I do know a lot of people who agree with me. Some people believe that the war should have happened and that it went on for the right reasons.

9/11 was a shock to our nation. Sometimes when I think about it I remember those who have died in the war as part of the aftermath. The world jumped into a war that everyone believed was bound to happen anyway. I don't think that the war was totally necessary. I think that, instead of jumping into a war, we should have spent that money protecting ourselves from further attacks. Our country is still somewhat in a state of paranoia. We still have heightened security, but I really don't think we're that much safer than we were back then, maybe a little. As for the "War on Terror", I don't think anyone is winning at this point, they are still killing us, and we are still killing them, it's like a merry go round. They do not want us in their country because we are trying to force our political system on them and they don't agree with it. Instead of rebuilding we should just extract ourselves and let them rebuild the way they want. The US needs to realize that not everybody needs to be just like us.