Transcript War and Terrorism

War and Terrorism
A project by:
Will Moore, Chris Starr, and Kevin Ting
The Beginning
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On September 11th, 2001 terrorists attacked the
World Trade Center in New York, NY.
After the attack Pres. Bush created the
department of Homeland Security. The United
States invoked Article 5 of the NATO charter
which calls 18 allies to military action in response
to an attack on American soil.
The main target of war in the Middle East is
Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist
organization al Qaeda.
Issues
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As you may know, terrorism is a huge issue for
America ever since The War on Terror.
9/11 was an enormous deal for America. Over
6,000 people were killed on that one day.
Because of that we went in to Iraq and started a
war. It took 10 years to get American troops out
of Iraq.
The total costs of the wars was $1 trillion*. The
War on Terror alone cost more than $800 billion.
* $1,296,101,900,000 as of
1/26/12
More Issues
 War is a huge issue for America. Many
people don’t like war.
 When America is involved in one, how can
we be feel happy or safe? America’s fought
many wars and luckily won most of them.
 War is so important to people because it’s
cost this country billions of dollars and’s
killed many U.S. citizens.
 Every single person in the Armed Forces is
someone’s Relative. If that person dies their
family could be devastated.
Costs
 In 2010, the Department of Defense
requested $533.7 billion.
 In 2011, the Department of Defense
requested $548.9 billion.
 In 2012, the Department of Defense
requested $553 billion.
 The costs of the military are steadily
increasing, thus driving the U.S deeper
and deeper into debt.
The US military
accounts for
almost 5% of our
GDP (Gross
Domestic
Product)*.
* In 2001 the military
accounted for 3% of GDP.
Impact On Future
If we lower the military spending, we can use the
money for Medicare and unemployment benefits.
However, would we be hindering the military’s power.
Do we really want to risk another 9/11? But on the
other hand, do we want to risk our debt going up?
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Republicans:
Want to keep
spending in order to
keep our country
safe
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Democrats:
Want to lower
spending in order to
help the country’s
people get back on
their feet
Parties Views
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Republican
Support Defense
and Military
spending.
Believe the War has
been successful.
Don’t support
foreign affairs.
Democrat
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Against war and
military spending.
Want to cut Defense
spending.
Favor Diplomacy over
military action.
Sources and Statistics taken from:
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http://costofwar.com/en/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2011/1025/Iraq-war-will-cost-morethan-World-War-II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
http://www.issues2000.org/Celeb/Democratic_Party_War_+_Peace.htm
http://www.issues2000.org/Republican_Party.htm
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12652
http://useconomy.about.com/od/usfederalbudget/p/military_budget.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/01/obama-budget-pentagonidUSN0120383520100201
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/04/11/157596/military-spending-doubled-since2001/
http://militarytimes.com/valor/
http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks