Safety Since 9/11
Ever since the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, America has a feeling of anxiety about terrorism. To try to erradicate this feeling of axiety the government has decided to launch a "war against terrorism," which is essentially the war which started in Afghanistan and is now in Iraq. The Government claims that this war is increasing our safety in America, but according to a Poll: Many Americans Feel Less Safe taken by CBS, more Americans feel less safe than they did five years ago. We all know the real reason of the war in Iraq; we want the oil. According to the poll many Americans believe that we've created more terrorists from the war. Even though 55% of Americans say that Bush is handling the war the right way, it's sharply decreased from 90% when the war started. When asked if we were prepared for another terrorist attack, almost half said that we are not, and when asked about a chemical attack, almost 80% said we are not prepared.
Even though the War in Iraq seems to be helping out the war on terror, it doesn't seem to be making Americans feel safer. Could it be that we're trading our feeling of security for oil?
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To claim that "We all know the real reason of the war in Iraq; we want the oil" seems foolish to me, as many people do not believe that Iraqi oil was the "real reason" for this war. Also, your question about "trading our feeling of security for oil" assumes that "our feeling of security" is represented by just the thirty-nine percent of those surveyed who said they feel less safe than they did five years ago. What about the sixty-one percent of people surveyed who feel just as safe or more safe than they did five years ago? And where is this oil for which we have traded "our" feeling of security?
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