Re-Writing+History


 * So what really __//WOULD//__ happen if 9/11 never happened? **

__//**Questions to Consider:**//__
 * // Would the USA be in war with Iraq? // //-// There is a possibilty we wouldn't, because although our government may deny it, part of the reason we got involved in the Iraq War was a way of taking our anger and revenge of the 9/11 attacks. We would still be at war, because Bush wanted Saddam dead and the Iraq oil reserves open for the US. 9/11 was a good excuse to follow through with intervening in the war. If the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 had not been commenced, the United States would not be at war with Iraq today. The main reason being - there would not have been any social catalyst to encourage the American people to support the war.
 * // Who would be president? //// - //9/11 led to Obama's election because Bush made so many wrong decisions based on his reactions to 9/11. Therefore, Obama's presidency would not have been highly unlikely, but In a more peaceful world, maybe terrorists would not try to iniciate attacks on the US, even not exist in total. But disregarding that idea, if the US was the same, before 9/11, other terrorist attacks and attempts would have occured.
 * // Where would we stand as a country among the nations around the world? -//Although we are still considered the most dominant country in the world, it is possible that if the 9/11 attacks did not occur, we would have been considered even more dominant than we are now. This dominance includes economic power. If 9/11 never happened, all of the money that we spent on security precautions in places such as airports, train stations, etc. would be used to help our declining economy, and clean our polluted environment.
 * // Would Americans discriminate against Muslims, and halt racial profiling? - // After the 9/11 attacks, the world changed for US Muslims. They share the same anxieties and anguish about terrorism as any other American, yet they get blamed for the violence they did not even know about. In reality, even if 9/11 had not happened, discrimination and racial profiling would still exist within the United States, even against Muslims (thought perhaps less so). We don't live in a utopian society, and unfortunately wherever there is difference there is the possiblity of discrimination because not everyone can handle or adapt to change. Stereotypes and racial profilng, of all races, are almost impossible to completely eliminate.
 * //Would Pastor Terry Jones have still organized the burning of hundreds of Korans? (Burn a Koran Day) -// Pastor Jones would not have been able to organize such a thing with the public's support had the attacks of 9/11 not happened. Without a direct and attack to the American people, most would not have pledged such strong support to him (or any at all for that matter).
 * // Would there be more jobs available? - // There would in fact be more jobs available if the attacks hadn't happened. Directly following the attacks, and for the 1st time in U.S. history, all domestic flights were cancelled for a 3-day period. The effects of the attacks and the heightened security at all domestic airports caused a major drop in the number of passangers that would fly again with their airline or any other, which was a disaster for both the airline and travel industry. Some carrierseven declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which involved restructuring following debt abatement. The New York Stock Exchange, though not directly hit in the attack, was forced to close for several days, and the stock market itself contained stocks whose value decreased precipitously. It took the stock exchange nearly a full year to recover to its status prior to the 9/11 attack. This increase in jobs directly relates to the economic benefits the US would have if 9/11 did not happen as well.
 * // Would America be engaged in any other war? Would a different one have sprung up?- //If 9/11 had never happened, the US would have had a more hostile relationship with China. The attacks put America and China on the same side of a new divide between the world of order, and disorder. All of the oil price trends would have existed, because without 9/11, there would have been an increase in global commerce/globalization. Therefore, there is a strong possibility that these tensions and intense stand-off would led to a war within the strongest and most important relationship in the world.

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