America Under Attack
...and it has already declared itself in the state of war. President Bush addressed the American public telling them to prepare themselves for war. The Pentagon has already issued deployment orders to Army units, in addition to the dozens of warplanes already ordered to go to the Persian Golf. The United States also has an enormous influence over other countries, and has already begun to form “anti-terrorism” coalitions with many other countries, including Mexico, Spain and Pakistan. These “anti-terrorism” are in effect alliances between countries. Our country has also already declared its intention to help the United States in any way we can. This has effectively committed us to fight with them in any war in which they might participate. In the event of a war, all the countries in these alliances will be involved in the war, making it very large, very quickly. As well, if the countries involved in this war were to choose to use nuclear weapons in combat, it is likely that it would mean the complete destruction of at least some parts of those countries, like what happened in Japan at the end of the World War II. A third World War, especially one involving the United States, would hurt many innocent people. We can see from the past that America will take extreme measures to ensure they get what they want. We’ve seen an example of this recently when the United States bombed Kosovo, killing many innocent people. America wanted the president of Yugoslavia to sign a peace agreement and when he refused, they bombed his troops. This bombing caused mass destruction in Kosovo, and lots of innocent bystanders were killed or maimed. This shows how the United States is willing to sacrifice helpless citizens to get what they want. And it is not only citizens of other countries that America will consider sacrificing. Soon after the first plane hit the world trade centers, President Bush authorized th...