Morality of war in Afghanistan and Iraq

Morality of war in Afghanistan and Iraq

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The war in Afghanistan and Iraq are referred by President Bush as wars against terror . They came as a result of the events that happened in the land of America in September 11th 2007 . During this time America was attacked by terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center and Washington 's defense unit the pentagon . These two attacks led to the loss of about 3000 lives . Immediately the US president declared war on Afghanistan which was

said to harbor the world 's terrorist Osama bin Laden who masterminded the attacks . Later , he also attacked Iraq after Saddam Hussein said that he also happy to learn that America was attacked though he was not responsible . When both nations were attacked by USA in the name of war against terror , they retaliated . Now the question of morality comes in , who had a right to fight back , is it USA or the so called terrorists ? It is this question of morality that will be my main focus on this

On 11th September 2001 , America was hit by what seemed to be a well coordinated terrorist attack . There were about 19 terrorists who worked in groups of 4 or 5 to execute their plans . They used American jetliners as bombs to hit their two targets that is , the twin towers of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon which is the USA 's military headquarters at Arlington , Virginia . The other plane which was also hijacked failed to hit its target after the passengers realized what was going on and fought back . It crashed somewhere in rural fields of Pennsylvania

All these acts showed every traits of terrorism . And the 19 men who were involved were Arabs who came from Saudi Arabia , Egypt and other Arab countries . They were all linked to the al-Qaeda network which is an Islamic group headed by Osama bin laden . This organization is dedicated to wage war against USA and their main targets include financial political and military section . It has never witnessed such deaths since the civil war ended . This is why Bush found it morally right to protect and to fight for he thought it wise to stand up to their bullies

The al-Qaeda network started when Osama bin laden offered himself to support Afghanistan in 1980 's against the occupation by the Union of Soviet Socialist State (USSR . He financed the anti-soviet resistance After he succeeded in chasing the Soviet out , Osama devoted himself to fight for Muslims in other regions in the world . He was especially angered by the stationing of USA military in Saudi Arabia and the idea of United States for supporting Israel against Palestine in the Arab- Israel war . Osama is an extremist who believed that no US citizen should step in the Muslim land and is influences . Osama bin laden is not an Afghanistan citizen . Afghanistan as an independent nation and it had its every right to fight back...