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9-11 Terrorist Attack The reason of the 9-11 terrorist attack concluded by Commission hearings in Washington was the governm
9-11 Terrorist Attack The reason of the 9-11 terrorist attack concluded by Commission hearings in Washington was the governm
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2013-03-21
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9-11 Terrorist Attack
The reason of the 9-11 terrorist attack concluded by Commission hearings in Washington was the government’s lack of (1)______to detect the attack plan beforehand. However, the real reason of the attack was hidden.
According to the author, there are four reasons for the 9-11 attack, which was symbolized by the destruction of (2)______symbols of US power, with the White House (political power) narrowly escaping from the ill fortune.
The primary reason for 9-11 is the US policy and actions in the Middle East since the end of WW II —a policy with intent to control (3)______, which has led the US to intervene in the region frequently. The three other reasons include the Afghan civil war, the first US-Iraq war, and US support for Israel.
During the Afghan civil war (1978-1995), extremist Islamic fundamentalism became a serious military force partly due to the US support, and (4)______, the Saudi millionaire, played an important role there.
During the first US-Iraq war (1990-2003), under the administration of George Bush the First, Iraq was severely (5)______, including its Saudi Arabia Government, which had allowed the Americans to establish a military base on Arab/Muslim soil to attack another Arab/Muslim country, greatly (6)______Bin Laden and making him decide to push the US out of the region and get rid of the House of Saud.
Another reason is the (7)______for Israel (1967-2004)______. The US has been devoted to Israel as a surrogate for American military power in the region.
Actually, Middle Eastern public opinion does not entirely (8)______
Palestinian cause, but America’s total support for Israel at the expense of simple justice for millions of Arabs could not be tolerated.
The subsequent "war on terrorism" launched by the Bush administration is wrong on two counts:it is more intended to extend (9)______and focused on symptoms not causes. To treat the cause, the government has to change the outrageous imperial (10)______that have led to this situation.
9-11 Terrorist Attack
Good morning. Today, I would like to address the issue of 9-11 terrorist attack on America. The 9-11 Commission hearings in Washington these last weeks seem to have been constructed to produce a foreordained and narrow conclusion about only one aspect of the events of September 11—the government’s lack of preparedness to detect the attack plan before it was executed. Entirely omitted from the probe, and from the presidential elections as well, is the other big question about September 11—what was the real reason the attacks took place?
Why is the question about the reasons for the attack not asked or answered?
So far, the conventional political wisdom from Washington seems to be that the cause of September 11 is that, to paraphrase, "the terrorists are uncivilized and are motivated by a hatred for democracy and an envy of the American way of life". However, in my view, this is not the root reason. There are four reasons in combination why a small group of fanatics were willing to commit suicide to destroy the three symbols of US power in the world—the World Trade Center (financial power), the Pentagon (military power), and the White House (political power), which evidently was spared because the final hijacked aircraft crashed before reaching its target.
The primary reason for September 11 is the product of US policy and actions in the Middle East since the end of World War II—a policy based on exercising control over the world’s greatest known reserves of petroleum. This has led Washington to continuously intervene in the region to support backward feudal monarchies and repressive, undemocratic regimes at the expense of social and political progress. The three secondary reasons involve the Afghan civil war (1978-1995), the first US-Iraq war (1990-2003), and one-sided US support for Israel (mainly 1967-2004).
Until the implosion of the USSR in 1990, the US was in a frenzy to prevent the Soviets from gaining influence in the region. Since 1990, Washington has sought to secure total hegemony throughout the entire Middle East, culminating in the Bush administration’s plan to "re-make" the principal countries of the region into "democracies" subordinate to White House domination, by force if necessary, beginning with Iraq.
Three more ingredients must be added:
l.The Afghan civil war (1978-1995): It was during this period that extremist Islamic fundamentalism became a serious military force, in large part because the US invested billions of dollars in training and equipping such a force, as well as providing bases and financing for fundamentalist religious schools in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. Saudi millionaire Osama Bin Laden played an important role in the CIA’s schemes for several years.
2.The first US-Iraq war (1990-2003): Iraq invaded the tiny, oil-rich principality in neighboring Kuwait in August 1990. Rejecting repeated Iraqi offers of a negotiated withdrawal, the regime of George Bush the First gradually built up a huge invasion force and massively retaliated in January 1990. Iraq’s entire civilian infrastructure was destroyed—electricity, water supplies, factories, transportation, communications, bridges and so forth, along with its retreating army and many thousands of civilians. Extensive sanctions, which killed over a million people, along with frequent air attacks, continued until 2003, when George Bush the Second launched a new invasion.
Bin Laden, the leader of the mujahideen movement that emerged from Afghanistan, was outraged by the government of his native Saudi Arabia, which had allowed the "infidel" Americans to establish a military base on Arab/Muslim soil to attack another Arab/Muslim country. At around this time he dedicated himself to two goals:pushing the US out of the region and getting rid of the House of Saud.
3.One-sided US support for Israel (1967-2004): The US has been devoted to Israel as a surrogate for American military power in the region since the June 1967 war. Every time Washington vetoes a UN Security Council resolution seeking justice for the Palestinians, Arab anger mounts against the US. Every time Israeli tanks and soldiers fire at stone-throwing boys, the anger mounts further. Middle Eastern public opinion does not expect Washington to turn on Israel and embrace the Palestinian cause, but it cannot countenance America’s total support for Israel at the expense of simple justice for millions of Arabs.
These four examples of Washington’s imperial deportment in the Middle East for a period of more than half a century have created great antagonism toward America on the part of the Arab masses. In the process, White House policies have unintentionally generated a small, extreme fringe of Islamic fundamentalism dedicated to visiting violent retribution on the US, which it accomplished on September 11, 2001.
The Bush administration’s subsequent "war on terrorism" is wrong on two main counts: 1.It is much more intended to extend US hegemony than to track down the relatively few people involved in September 11. Why attack Iraq—which was innocent of complicity in the incident—or threaten similarly uninvolved Cuba, Iran and Syria, among others? 2. It is focused on symptoms, not causes, and thus cannot succeed in its stated objectives regardless of how many more billions of dollars are spent on homeland security and foreign wars.
What then will make mighty America more secure from the threat of another terrorist attack from a small fringe group? Treat the cause, not the symptoms. Change the outrageous imperial policies and actions that have created this situation.
To sum up, in today’s lecture, I have analyzed the primary four reasons for the 9-11 attack, the mistakes made by the Bush administration and the way to correct them. Of course, these are only personal opinions of mine. Here, I am eager to hear what you think about this issue. Any constructive opinions are welcome.
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policies and actions
解析
本题为要点题。可根据原文信息Treat the cause,not the symptoms.Change the outrageous imperial policies and actions that have created this situation.得出答案。
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