Terrorist Rivals and the US War on Terror

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The article Terrorist Rivals goes into great detail explaining the situation concerning the United States and balance of power. Balance of power is when countries balance out their military and economic power to make war less likely . This article mainly talks about the US, Afghanistan and Iraq. The US was attacked on September 11, 2001 by the terrorist group Al Quaeda. This attack killed 2 998 people , therefore causing the US to seek revenge on Afghanistan. They decided to declare war on Afghanistan because the Afghan government would not give up the Al Quaeda members hiding in their country. The US is the only remaining super-power country in the world. Their military and economic power is of much greater standing than that of Afghanistan. They later declared war on Iraq, and are now in two wars against two different countries, and they still have greater military might. The article then continues to talk about how the US government came into office believing that China would become the new Soviet Union. It is becoming clear that events occurring now seem to match those occurring ...

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