Osama Bin Laden Research Paper

Revenge on the Man Who Shattered the American Dream The American dream is defined as equal opportunity for success and being able to defend what people believe in. On September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden attacked America causing the people to have a sense of insecurity and inferiority, two feelings that cause Americans to lose the feeling of the American Dream. When citizens began to feel threatened by the foreign terrorist group, the main goal of many special forces and government officials shifted to finding and killing bin Laden. Once Americans became intimidated by the outside force known as Al-Qaeda, the country began to receive an overwhelming reaction to the incident due to the loss of their feeling towards reaching the American Dream
The shooting required “a team of Navy SEALs burst into the compound. They found the al-Qaida leader in an upstairs bedroom with a pistol and an assault rifle nearby and shot him in the head and chest, killing him instantly.” (Osama bin Laden). He was discovered in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Killing Osama relaxed the country and gave them back their strength. Robert J. O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden states that “on the mission to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, despite being asked to what many believed to be impossible, [the Navy SEALS] epitomized teamwork and accomplished [their] objectives” (O’Neill). O’Neill is one of the world’s most highly trained special operators in the world. He also helped in the mission to saving Captain Phillips from Somali pirates. People like him prove that with dedication and teamwork the American Dream can be accomplished and that is what happened in this situation. It could not have been done without “all of those young Americans, who on September 11, 2001, woke up and decided to serve their country in its hours of need… They signed up to find, capture, and kill Osama bin Laden- and to attack everything he represents” (Sorrow and Joy). Everyone who participated in capturing bin Laden played a huge role and it would not have been accomplished without
The attack on September eleventh ”led the nation to spend more than a trillion dollars, by one estimate, to erect a homeland security apparatus alone” (Grier). The United States government has poured fundings into trying to find more groups and into understanding the middle eastern culture and lives. There have been alterations in security measures in airports ever since the tragic day of September 11th. Even though Osama bin Laden has been killed, people still realize that the terrorist group itself is not completely gone so it is still important to keep these same security checks at our airports. Americans will not let their country and home be attacked one more time. They will not let their family and friends be attacked and murdered by some guy who founded a group designed to kill innocent