Throughout the class period, we discussed the happenings of 9/11. I can't believe that was already six years ago. One thing that we touched on in class that I found interesting was that the United States government knew that something was going to happen a month in advance, and decided not to do anything about it. Even, the night before the attacks, the National Security Agency (NSA) recieved two messeges that were not in English, and did not translate it until the 12th. If they had translated it before, the would understand that the messeges said "the match is about to begin" and "tomorrow is zero hour." As I researched this for a deeper understanding, I found that the government was provided with quite a few tips that something like this was going to happen, but never did anything about it.
So, why didn't they do anything, or take appropriate measures? I think they did not take appropriate measures because they didn't think any other nation would have the capabilities of doing anything like this, especially on American soil. Some government officials had known something big was going to happen since January of 2001, and they still didn't do anything about it. That either shows that there was a flaw in our government or they were just plain lazy.
2 comments:
Really nice post, Hannah
Your points are all really valid, and I agree with them. To expand on that thought though, imagine how different our world would be if on September 11, 2001 families tuned in on the news to see "Terror plot foiled in four US cities". For us, that situation is absolutely inconceivable, and it would be really weird how it probably become a non-story in a few weeks at most. How different would our lives be? The world? Would we still be at war? How many lives would have been saved? It might be pointless to think about it because its such a "what if" situation, but its really interesting to step back and ponder.
I like the questions Masseh asked. It is amazing to think what our world would be like if everything had gone differently. Hannah, I like your post and I do wish the government had been more envolved before the attacks. But I also think it teaches us something. I think we touched on this last week during class but our government has so many different departments that are broken up into even more departments that it can be very easy to misplace or forget something. I think that we as the future generation should be able to take all these branches and transform them into one coehesive organization.
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