Compare And Contrast Essay On 9/11 And Obama

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Could a democratic president and a republican president have the same choices but different consequences. Barack Obama is known for the killing of Osama bin laden. George W Busch is the known for when the 9/11 attacks happened in 2001. Both presidents had positive impacts on the United States during 9/11 and after 9/11.

Both Barack Obama and George W Busch had similarities in their presidency's. Both presidents were reelected for second terms in their presidency. Both presidents had to deal with al-Qaida and the Taliban. George Busch started the search for the person responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Barack Obama on the other hand ended the search for the person responsible for the 9/11 attacks by finding the person and killing him. When the 9/11 attacks happened George Busch remained positive during the 9/11 attacks. Obama was really positive of when us soldiers found Osama and killed him. When both presidents were so focused on the al-Qaida and the Taliban it opened the door for more terrorist groups to form. To conclude, Busch and Obama had similarities during their presidency. …show more content…

Obama was a democrat and Busch was a republican. Busch delt with the Iraq war the most. Obama urged congress to reform immigration laws. President Obama sent 2.5 million undocumented immigrants back to Mexico. Even though Obama did that there was still 12 million immigrants still in the country. Obama was the one that came up with the foreign policy as well. That led the end of the Iraq war and the Afghanistan war. To conclude, Obama and Busch had many differences they still made the right choices for this

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