Why Are We at War Blog
Would you consider defending our country a quest for empire? In Norman Mailer's book "Why Are We at War?" Mailer states that he believes we are at war because our President wants a global empire. I believe we are at war because we have to defend our country and keep our civilians safe.
Mailer states in his book: "Behind the whole push to go to war with Iraq is the desire to have a huge military pressence in the Middle East as a stepping stone to taking over the rest of the world." Mailer believes that President Bush is trying to create a global Empire. "The underlying motive remains George W. Bush's underlying dream: Empire!" Norman Mailer's point throughtout the entire book is to show the President's desire for a global empire.
I would argue Mailer's idea on emperialism based on the fact that it is the President's job to keep our country safe. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness are freeedoms we are guaranteed in the United States, and after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 as a country we felt as if our rights were invaded by the terrorists. After the attacks it became the President's duty to ensure our freedoms were not taken away from our country.
As a country if we do not value our freedoms, they can easily be taken away by terrorist groups. If our President had chosen not to go to war, the terrorist would have known that we would back down from anything they ever did to us. Without defending our country we make ourselves and our freedom an easy target for terrorism.
President Bush told the country that the reason for going to war was because of the threat of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. I think protecting our country and our families is a good reason for war and the President made a good choice to protect his country and ensure our freedom.
I understand many people do not agree with war under any circumstance, and I respect their opinion. I also understand that if their life or the life of someone they loved, were directly affected by the terrorists, their views of war would definately change.
No one wants for innocent lifes to be lost, yet many innocent American lifes were taken in September 2001. We must do what is necessary to keep our country safe and preserve our freedoms that we value so much.
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Pass. You speak of 3000 innocent lives we lost. What of the 1,000,000 Iraqi civilian lives that we've taken?
Pass. You argue your point very well.
Pass. You stated your opinion well. I like how you quoted so we would know exactly what you're talking about.
Pass. You had a good argument although I disagree with some things.
Pass...you take a standing point in your argument, i don't quite agree with war but you made it clear why you think the president made the decision that he did.
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Watch out for small grammatical errors, though.
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