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Daily Quote &Question (DQ2 )
“…IN
OUR GRIEF AND ANGER WE HAVE FOUND
“
OUR MISSION AND OUR MOMENT… OUR
NATION—THIS GENERATION—WILL LIFT A
DARK THREAT OF VIOLENCE FROM OUR
PEOPLE AND OUR FUTURE…”-George w.
bush
SONG FOR THE DAY: 1.Courtesy of the Red, White,
and Blue (The Angry American)
Choose Reagan, Bush, Clinton, or
Bush and give me three events from
that President’s term in office…
Daily Comment & Card
1995
OKLAHOMA
CITY BOMBING
-Timothy McVeigh destroyed the Oklahoma
City Federal Building with a fertilizer bomb
-168 people (including young children in a day
care facility in the building) were killed in
the destruction caused by the explosion
-McVeigh said he was upset with the
government about the Branch Davidian
fiasco and the events at Ruby Ridge
-McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in
2001
“…IN OUR GRIEF
AND ANGER WE
HAVE FOUND
OUR MISSION
AND OUR
MOMENT… OUR
NATION—THIS
GENERATION—
WILL LIFT A
DARK THREAT
OF VIOLENCE
FROM OUR
PEOPLE AND
OUR FUTURE…”George w.
bush
SONG FOR THE DAY: THE ANGRY AMERICAN
Daily Comment & Card
1993
BRANCH
DAVIDIAN
INCIDENT
-APOCALYPTIC Christian group
-David Koresh and his followers lived at a
compound outside Waco, Texas
-A shootout occurred between the FBI, ATF,
and Branch Davidians as a warrant for illegal
weapons and child abuse was attempted to
be served
-Four federal agents and five Branch
Davidians were killed
-A fifty-one day standoff occurred, ending
with the burning of the compound and the
death of Koresh and his followers.
“…IN OUR GRIEF
AND ANGER WE
HAVE FOUND
OUR MISSION
AND OUR
MOMENT… OUR
NATION—THIS
GENERATION—
WILL LIFT A
DARK THREAT
OF VIOLENCE
FROM OUR
PEOPLE AND
OUR FUTURE…”George w.
bush
SONG FOR THE DAY: HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
Daily Comment & Card
1993
1995
BRANCH
DAVIDIAN
INCIDENT
-APOCALYPTIC Christian group
-David Koresh and his followers lived at a
compound outside Waco, Texas
-A shootout occurred between the FBI, ATF,
and Branch Davidians as a warrant for illegal
weapons and child abuse was attempted to
be served
-Four federal agents and five Branch
Davidians were killed
-A fifty-one day standoff occurred, ending
with the burning of the compound and the
death of Koresh and his followers.
OKLAHOMA
CITY BOMBING
-Timothy McVeigh destroyed the Oklahoma
City Federal Building with a fertilizer bomb
-168 people (including young children in a day
care facility in the building) were killed in
the destruction caused by the explosion
-McVeigh said he was upset with the
government about the Branch Davidian
fiasco and the events at Ruby Ridge
-McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in
2001
“…IN OUR GRIEF
AND ANGER WE
HAVE FOUND
OUR MISSION
AND OUR
MOMENT… OUR
NATION—THIS
GENERATION—
WILL LIFT A
DARK THREAT
OF VIOLENCE
FROM OUR
PEOPLE AND
OUR FUTURE…”George w.
bush
SONG FOR THE DAY: THE ANGRY AMERICAN
TERRORISM
IS THE USE OF VIOLENCE BY
NONGOVERNMENTAL GROUPS
AGAINST CIVILIANS TO ACHIEVE A
POLITICAL GOAL.
INTENDED TO:
1. INSTILL FEAR IN PEOPLE
2. FRIGHTEN GOVERNMENTS INTO CHANGING POLICY.
WHEN A GOVERNMENT SECRETLY
SUPPORTS TERRORISM, THIS IS CALLED
STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM.
Examples: LIBYA, SYRIA, IRAQ, IRAN
MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACKS AFFECTING AMERICANS SINCE 1970
1970—TERRORISTS HIJACK AIRPLANES TO JORDAN
1979—52 AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAN (444 DAYS)
1983-BOMBING OF U.S. MARINE BARRACKS IN LEBANAN
KILLS 241
1985-TWA FLIGHT 847 HIJACKED; HOSTAGES HELD FOR 17 DAYS IN BEIRUT,
LEBANON
1986-WEST BERLIN DANCE CLUB BOMBING KILLS 3/150 HURT
1988-BOMB ON PAN AM FLIGHT 103 KILLS 270 IN SCOTLAND
1993-BOMB AT WORLD TRADE CENTER KILLS 6
1995-TRUCK BOMB DESTROYS FEDERAL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY;
168 DEAD >500 INJURED
1996-BOMB AT U.S. COMPLEX IN DHARAN, SAUDI ARABIA 19 AMERICAN
SOLDIERS KILLED
1998-BOMBING AT U.S. EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND TANZANIA KILLS MORE
THAN 200
2000-BOMB KILLS 17 AMERICAN SAILORS AND INJURES 39 ABOARD USS COLE
2001-HIJACKED AIRLINERS CRASH INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
THE PENTAGON AND A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA
3 REASONS MUSLIMS ARE ANGRY WITH US
OIL (U.S. SUPPORT FOR WEALTHY OIL FAMILIES)
MOVEMENT TOWARD TRADITIONAL MUSLIM
RELIGIOUS LAW
AMERICAN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
IN 1979 THE SOVIETS INVADED
AFGHANISTAN. YOUNG MUSLIMS
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST JOINED
THE STRUGGLE. AMONG THEM WAS
22 YEAR OLD OSAMA BIN LADEN.
FROM ONE OF SAUDI ARABIA’S
WEALTHIEST FAMILIES, HE FOUNDED
AL-QAEDA (THE BASE) IN 1988.
IN 1998 HE CALLED ON MUSLIMS TO KILL
AMERICANS. HE OPERATED FROM
AFGHANISTAN (UNDER CONTROL OF MUSLIM
FUNDAMENTALISTS KNOWN AS THE TALIBAN).
HIS FOLLOWERS SET OFF
BOMBS AT THE AMERICAN
EMBASSIES IN KENYA AND
TANZANIA.
DESPITE PRESIDENT
CLINTON’S LAUNCHING
CRUISE MISSILES AT
TERRORIST FACILITIES IN
AFGHANISTAN AND SUDAN,
BIN LADEN CONTINUED TO
TARGET AMERICANS.
IN 1999, TERRORISTS LINKED TO ALQAEDA WERE ARRESTED TRYING TO
SMUGGLE EXPLOSIVES INTO THE U.S.
TO BOMB SEATTLE, WA.
IN OCTOBER 2000, AL-QAEDA
TERRORISTS CRASHED A BOAT
LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES
INTO THE USS COLE DOCKED IN
YEMEN.
ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001,
TERRORISTS STRUCK AGAIN,
HIJACKING FOUR AMERICAN
PLANES AND EXECUTING THE
MOST DEVASTATING
TERRORIST ATTACK IN
HISTORY.
-266 PASSENGERS AND CREW
MEMBERS WERE KILLED.
-125 DIED AT THE PENTAGON.
-IN NYC, THOUSANDS DIED IN
THE ATTACKS ON THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER
-MORE AMERICANS WERE
KILLED IN THE ATTACKS
THAN DIED AT PEARL
HARBOR IN WORLD WAR II.
AMERICANS RESPONDED RAPIDLY—
-FIREFIGHTERS/MEDICAL WORKERS
FLOCKED TO NYC
-BLOOD DONATIONS
-FOOD, MONEY, SUPPLIES POURED IN
-CELEBRITIES, BUSINESSES PITCH IN
-AMERICANS SHOWED PATRIOTISM
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE:
Imminent Threat Alert
-CIVILIAN AIRLINERS GROUNDED
Warns of a credible, specific,
and impending terrorist threat
against the United States.
-ARMED FORCES ON ALERT
Elevated Threat Alert
-NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED
Warns of a credible terrorist
threat against the United
States.
-ASSETS FROZEN FOR THOSE
SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM
-OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
CREATED (TOM RIDGE)
-ANTITERRORIST BILL
JEH JOHNSON
“A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS
COULD HAVE TORN OUR
COUNTRY APART. BUT
INSTEAD IT HAS UNITED US
AND WE HAVE BECOME A
FAMILY.”
-REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM
“…IN OUR GRIEF AND ANGER WE HAVE
FOUND OUR MISSION AND OUR MOMENT…
OUR NATION—THIS GENERATION—WILL
LIFT A DARK THREAT OF VIOLENCE FROM
OUR PEOpLE AND OUR FUTURE…”
-PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
SEPT. 20, 2001
AS THE NATION STRUGGLED TO COPE WITH THE
ATTACKS, A NEW ANTHRAX SCARE FACED THE
NATION… (letters sent to two senators and to news media offices: result 22 infected,
5 died)
ON OCTOBER 7, 2001 THE
U.S. LAUNCHED THE
FIRST MILITARY
OPERATION OF THE
WAR ON TERRORISM.
WARPLANES BEGAN
BOMBING TARGETS IN
AFGHANISTAN.
FUNERAL FOR FIRST
SOLDIER TO DIE IN
THE WAR ON TERROR.
MY FRIEND, MASTER
SGT. EVANDER
ANDREWS.
“…THE BATTLE IS NOW JOINED ON
MANY FRONTS. WE WILL NOT WAVER;
WE WILL NOT TIRE; WE WILL NOT
FALTER; AND WE WILL NOT FAIL.
PEACE AND FREEDOM WILL PREVAIL…
-PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
NATIONAL ADDRESS
OCTOBER 7, 2001
“…NO MATTER HOW LONG
IT TAKES, JUSTICE WILL
BE DONE.”
-GEORGE W. BUSH
ON THE EVENING OF MAY 1, 2011 THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS DEAD. HE
HAD BEEN KILLED A WEEK EARLIER BY
AMERICAN FORCES IN PAKISTAN.
TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE 9/11
SINCE 2001, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 31 THWARTED TERRORIST
ATTACKS:
2009— (November 5) Fort Hood attack. In what the government had labeled
“workplace violence,” U.S. army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 and
wounded more than 30 in Killeen, Texas.
2012 (September 11)—attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi (Libya) was
attacked on September 11, 2012 by a heavily armed group. Four killed
including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
2013-Boston Marathon Attack
2015
—Garland TX (“Draw Muhammad” event)
--Chattanooga, TN 4 Marines (at recruiters/Navy reserve center)
--San Bernadino, CA 14 Killed, 21 injured in attack at Office Party
2016—Paris & Belgium
WHAT IS ISIS/ISIL?
-The Islamic State of Iraq or Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria, also known as Daesh that emerged
after June 2014. It claims religious, political and
military authority over all Muslims worldwide. It has
vast control in Syria and Iraq and where it enforces its
interpretation of sharia law.
Chechnya
You are to create a map of the
Middle East and identify the
following countries:
ISRAEL
JORDAN
LEBANON
SYRIA
IRAQ
IRAN
SAUDI ARABIA
KUWAIT
QATAR
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
OMAN
YEMEN
Label: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, & Persian Gulf!
CREATE A TIMELINE FOR YOUR LIFE:
YOU MUST HAVE
-YOUR BIRTH
-YOUR BEING LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN DOC HESS’ CLASS
-4 TERRORIST EVENTS INCLUDING 9/11
-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
-AT LEAST 3 OTHER EVENTS
PRESIDENT
CLINTON
RE-ELECTED
1996
PRESIDENT
BUSH
ELECTED
2000
PRESIDENT
GW BUSH
RE-ELECTED
2004
PRESIDENT
OBAMA
ELECTED
2008
PRESIDENT
OBAMA REELECTED
2012