On September 11th, 2001, a tragic day bestowed upon the United States of America. Even though al-Qaeda attacked our country, we are united stronger and more unified because of it. Throughout U.S. history, many people and enemies have tried to ruin our country, but time after time again, we always prevail. The most prominent reason why al-Qaeda attacked the United States of America on 9/11 was to weaken the United States power by trying to ruin their economy so they couldn’t support and help al-Qaeda’s enemies. To start off, radical Islam's have a point to their destruction, and their main goal was to ruin our economy. The reason for this is because of the wealth of America, and how we were affecting al-Qaeda’s plans. An Islamic extremist is …show more content…
To start off, since New York City was a very busy, bustling, city, there needed to be an extremely quick, and expensive, clean-up. This clean-up, and they recooperation of New York City however was not where America lost most of its money. Al-Qaeda’s plan did not work as perfectly as needed, monetarily wise, and in return, America initiated a war with them, the Afghanistan war. This war against al-Qaeda and the country's government (the Taliban) caused a more massive impact on America’s economy than did the actual attacks itself. Al-Qaeda’s plan was to weaken our economy and spread fear, however, instead of sitting back and accepting our fate, our country united and fought back. Lasly, although this cost was not going towards a negative cause,and it happened many years later, the memorial area for the Twin Towers costed a massive amount. In the video, 9/11: 15 Years Later, it states, “The cost? 15 Billion dollars and counting.” However, although this is a mass amount of money, it did not help al-Qaeda in any way, and only benefited the United States. As previously mentioned, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 most certainly affected our economy, but America most certainly knew how to handle the situation, and they made sure al-Qaeda did not benefit from the