“9/11”

In the aftermath of the 9/11 disaster did we focus  more on retaliation than rebuilding?

What role did the media play after 9/11 that influenced the public's view on terrorism and our foreign interest?

Was the rush into war with Iraq a smart decision? and if we took careful planning steps could we have avoided the conflict in the middle east?

          In   Susan Sontag 's article "9/11" we come across a very sensitive subject,an event that sparked  several conflicts such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and has change a country's outlook on foreign and domestic affairs. In this article the author Sontag's talks about the aftermath of the 9/11 incident, she explains how the media and politicians reacted to this disaster with empty assurances that america is alright and not susceptible to attack. She further goes on about how the administration at the time was rushing and was  willing to  propel the the country into further conflict.

    

           The question I wanted answer about this article is why the U.S launched a war on Iraq instead of conducting counter- terrorist operations such as the author states.This I believe this could of been a smarter move, but unfortunately this didn't happen. In the haste to find out who to blame, we spent billions of dollars and lost many people  in two separate wars that have been the longest we've ever been in. Sontag  I believe had a perfect way we've could of  handle this condition, she proposes that we prepare instead of initiated , that we don't have to throw ourselves into a deeper conflict.Even with all the years that have past the the situation isn't getting any better, the economy is in ruin, the hunt for WMDs in Iraq seem to be a blundering disaster. If this advice proposed by the author was taken seriously we would be off in a better position then we are today.