Pros And Cons Of Operation Enduring Freedom

Was Operation Enduring Freedom Necessary? Tensions were building after the terrorist bombings of American embassies in Africa. The United States had responded to the terrorist attacks on the embassies by sending a cruise missile to training camps that belonged to Bin Laden’s al Qaeda organization in Afghanistan. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, American forces had initiated Operation Enduring Freedom on October 7, 2001. Operation Enduring Freedom was necessary because it succeeded in putting pressure on the terrorist organizations in Afghanistan, preventing more terrorist attacks, and helping to create stable governments for Afghanistan.

Osama bin Laden created the al Qaeda organization in order to support Islamic affairs in 1988. It was mainly composed of Arabs and veterans from the insurgency against the Soviet Union. The United States became a target for the terrorist organizations after Saudi Arabia decided to host U.S. troops during the Gulf War. Prior to the 9/11 attacks al Qaeda had already committed several offenses against The United states. One of which being the bombings of American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

On August 7, 1998 the American Embassies were bombed by al Qaeda. There were

The Army was able to do this easily because of already existing ties with Uzbekistan. Using those connections, the U.S. established themselves in an old Soviet airbase in south central Uzbekistan. Next, the Special Forces had to get in contact with the Northern Alliance to be able to plan and coordinate attacks against the Taliban government. The goal of overthrowing the Taliban government arose because the Taliban government gave al Qaeda a safe space for terrorists, and a place for organizing acts of terrorism (Stewart