Osama Bin Laden Speech

September 11th was a turning point in the world’s history. The battle of Vienna had just begun on September 11th, 1683. It was the battle of the Holy League against the Islamic Ottoman Empire. It was the beginning of the end of the Ottoman Empire, as the Christian west started its expansion of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. This is one of many historical references Islamic sheiks and leaders use to recruit new jihadist and spread their call for martyrdom. But this reference plays a major role in our history because it truly was the beginning of the end of a great Muslim Empire that once was. Osama bin Laden used this exact reference in a speech given. He uses it to show humiliation, years of humiliation brought upon the Islamic

August 25th, 1998 a restaurant in Cape Town is bombed. October 12th, 2000 the USS Cole was bombed off the coast of Yemen. All were claimed to be done by Al-Qaeda. Since Al-Qaeda was able to stay under the radar so long after the Soviets left Afghanistan, they were able to make Afghanistan their home. Protected by Taliban who ruled Afghanistan by extreme Islamic laws, they were able to recruit and plan the attacks of September 11th, 2001. It was easy for Al-Qaeda to recruit people for missions like this. Osama bin Laden was a man of words; he would spin news coverage of the U.S. to his advantage. Further encouraging the humiliation brought upon them. “Death is better than life and humiliation,” Osama bin Laden and other leaders would

There will always be terrorism, all governments can do is minimize terrorist groups capabilities. Just like Robert Pape suggested in his article “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism”, countries must take a defensive stance and make homeland security at the core of the fight against terrorism. Afghanistan is a prime example and should be used as a tool of deterrence. Countries know what the U.S. is capable of, but the U.S. defeats itself when it tries to turn a countries value into Western ones. Since the 1960’s the U.S. has tried reforming problem nations by using force, but not by really by making war. For example Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti. The U.S. has taken up a policy of nation building without taking into consideration the differences in values and ideologies. Our leaders didn’t think about how the American people would react if another country with completely separate ideas would try to force their values on us. How would the people react to