Topic: Why Are We At War?
Mailer presents our was efforts as useless. The book states that Bush is not trying to protect America but rather up lift himself. I can't say that I agree with Mailer when he describes this was as meaningless, a coax, or a trick. On the other hand I do agree with some of the arguments pertaining to our reactions directly after the 9/11 incident.
Mailers seems to suggest that our present state of war was means of power building for Bush. While that could be true I think it is also a will of our nation to avenge a horrible attack. Im sure our nation as a whole is undecided in their own stance in our recent events, if even knowledgable of them. On one hand you could demand proof of progress, on the other you could explain the reliefe obtained through revenge.
I don't know if I agree with Mailers expressions torwards Bush and his administration. I do not know Bush's motives nor his reasoning behind this war. I do know that he set a goal to capture a criminal in the beginning and has since then done so. I do not think I would go so far as to say the Bush is simply tring to build and empire, but I will agree with his extreme point; this war is not 100% in order to stop terrorists act nor obtain more oil.
The nation was greatly shocked and left in aw at the sight of the Twin Towers collapse. It was a defining moment in American history. A terror that would live with and haunt us for how long? Immediately after 9/11 we saw tremendous religous outbrake amoungst americans. We saw people coming together and reciting under God as if we had said all the time before. Now, many years later we don't see as much. Something that stunned us before has grown to agitate us now. Is the war relevant, necissary, meaningful? How can we be sure? I think it depends on us individualy. Who we are, what we believe and our own people.
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Pass (barely). I appreciate your positions, but you should read and respond a bit more closely. Mailer's argument is more complex than you suggest. It looks like this is a perfunctory response; was it difficult to write 350 words here?
Fail. Your grammar and spelling were not quite up to par. I can tell that you have obviously heard us discussing the book in class, but have you actually read it?
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