9/11: The Most Significant Events In The Bush Administration

As previously mentioned, Bush faced a multitude of crises during his presidency. Perhaps one of the biggest and most influential crisis was the terrorist attacks of September 11th. At the time of the attacks in New York City, the president was in a Sarasota, Florida elementary school to witness the implement of his No Child Left Behind Act. His administration were already alerted of the incidents underway that September morning, but Bush was left unaware until the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. It was assumed that he was not fully informed to not cause panic among the students in the class. Following the school visit, Bush would seek protection among his family, high ranking officials, and other various secret agents and secret service men. The world would later watch not only the two plane crashes and the collapse of the World Trade Center, but an attack on the Pentagon and a plane crashing in Somerset county in southwestern Pennsylvania. In his autobiography, Decision Points, there are photographs depicting the

The aim was to encourage Americans not to let terrorism destroy their sense of protection, but to unite and rally. His response to his pivoting moment in history is widely represented within the Bush Doctrine. The Bush Doctrine already had played out in the Clinton presidency with tensions with Saddam Hussein, and earlier in 2001 when Bush made the decision to withdraw from “Kyoto Protocol,” for the sake of saving money despite the concerns greenhouse gases were imposing on the environment. In regards to 9/11, America was set to go after any nation that assisted or supported any sort of terrorism yet aiding those in their reliefs for prevention. This would lead to the invasions of Afghanistan to counterattack Al-qaeda, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the