Tuesday, July 9, 2013

"9/11" and "A Few Weeks After"

Questions
1. Was the attack on the US because of modernity?
2. Did the US have any knowledge about this attack before it happened?
3. What was it like to have seen the planes crash into the twin towers? 

            I remember exactly where I was when the twin towers were attacked. I was at home getting ready to go to school. It was my brothers first day of preschool; my mom was so scared to leave him there after the cruel and gruesome things she witnessed on TV. I couldn't even imagine being in New York or on that plane on September 11, 2001. 
            In Sontag's article on 911 she talks about how the reason for the attack on the US was because of modernity, which she disagrees with.  In my opinion, i also do not believe that it was because of modernity. That is just an utter excuse to make Americans "feel better". I agree with Sontag when she says that the government was hiding the truth of the attacks to the nation. If it was an attack on modernity, then why go to war with Iraq? There were obviously other motives by the government. They thought that Iraq had bombs of mass destruction, which they did not. And as for the attack of the US based on modernity, that is just ridiculous. There had to have been other motives, not modernity. They were after something more and they sure did get their point across that they were not happy. They created an in depth and thought out plan to kill the most people possible during one single time. The US government and their alliances definitely instigated this attack. As a country, we tend to have trouble keeping to ourselves. Getting ourselves into war and other country's business has been a big problem, and it has its consequences; 911. 


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3 comments:

  1. ChasemeechJuly 10, 2013 at 8:00 PM

    I agree with everything you've said about the cause of this tragedy. Our government pressures lesser developed countries to let us come in and build sweatshops and drain their natural resources, as well as make ambiguous trade negotiations that benefit us more than them. When these countries have finally had enough, our government needs a convincing reason to invade and keep their "tough guy" act. That's where the lies about weapons of mass destruction like in Iraq come in, and unfortunately many Americans fall for it.

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  2. UnknownJuly 10, 2013 at 9:53 PM

    I agree that the 9/11 attack was not on modernity. But I think some of your reasoning on why is wrong. I personally think some of the reasons they attacked the USA were based on the way they think and are thought about the western world. I do agree with you that the American government tends to get a little to nosy when it comes to foreign states that don't want help, but we insist on giving them help which creates bad blood.

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  3. B. PrinceJuly 10, 2013 at 11:58 PM

    There probably aren't many people who would argue that the foreign policy of the US government, particularly under that administration, was popular abroad. I can see a case where one could argue that the US instigated the conflict, and that there were darker motives in the government's actions; particularly in regards to the invasion of Iraq.

    However I think Sontag points out something equally important, and that is the fact that the terrorists had equally dark intentions. Neither side was very honest about their true goals, and I think that might be the most frightening thing amidst the tragedy: not just that there are terrorists willing to kill innocent people, but that our own government might not be so different from them.

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