American Foreign Policy After 9/11

America’s Foreign Policy
After 9/11 many lives were lost which impacted many of American’s daily lives, now this catastrophic event will be remembered in history forever. Not only will Americans never forget 9/11, but their perception of the attackers will change as well. Many never thought that they would be attacked and especially they never thought that a terrorist attack could be carried out so efficiently and devastate so many. As a result, many Americans decide to change their foreign policy, now more than ever they believed that the only way to prevent anything like this from happen again is if they enforce and change their foreign policy towards the middle east and neighboring countries.
After 9/11 many lives were forever changed.
With this in mind the U.S started to increase its military and focus it on the Middle East. Just like the President many, Americans believed the only solution on ending the fear of having another surprise attack was if the military was able to stop their leaders and completely destroy the organization/group that has cause so much chaos. In other words, unlike previous wars where the U.S has decided to talk things over and negotiate they immediately decided to go and attack and not wait for them to strike again. Keeping in mind the faster they are able to get rid of the problem the faster they will be able to feel at peace and safe back home. To add on this, the U.S has this image to uphold their superiority. They are known to have the American dream where if a person is successful they will obtain a home with a family and live relatively a good life. However, just as Maxime H.A. Larivé said in his article, “The Making of American Foreign Policy in the Post 9/11 World,” that America is fighting “evil.” Meaning America isn't living up to it's reputation since 9/11 has left many Americans terrified with another devastating attack. Causing the president to
Yet, many Americans fail to see her understanding. Just as she said, she points out that a man isn't born evil, their society and their surroundings make them who they are and especially their personal background and furthermore their experience as a whole builds a person. What she wants her audience to understand is that because they were attacked by muslims that doesn't necessary mean that every muslim is “evil.” On the other hand, many Americans fail to see this distinction; resulting on our foreign policies to get tougher, stricter, but most important increase our military buildup and presence. With this in mind many Americans see them as an “evil” that must be destroyed as soon as possible, leading to the U.S having to be present and having to keep the people of the Middle East on check at all possible times. As demonstrated in the film, “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden,” by Morgan Spurlock, the audience actually gets to see what it's really like to live in war zone places. Throughout the film we see how many lives in war torn cities were not offered education or supplies to survive, they were seen as families that were forgotten. The foreign policy that the United States had decided to take on was that they would