The Classical Historian
  • Home
    • Start Here
    • What is the Classical Historian?
    • How is our approach unique?
    • What is the Socratic Discussion in History
    • Testimonials
  • Store
    • All Products
    • Curriculum
    • Games
    • Video Courses >
      • TSOL Video Course
      • High School History with Michael Allen
    • Federal Holidays
    • Constitution Bee
    • American Civics
  • Charter/Co-ops
    • Charter/Co-ops Info
    • Teacher Training >
      • Teacher Newsletters
  • Contact
  • Support
    • Q and A
    • Free Primary Sources
    • John's Blog >
      • Jessica's Blog
    • Videos and PodCasts >
      • My Life under Communism Podcast
    • Video Samples
    • Mac
  • Online Academy
    • History Classes Registration and Info
    • Literature Courses Registration and Info
    • Schedule
    • Our Teachers
    • Materials
    • Samples/Testimonials
    • Login instructions
  • Dolphin Society
    • Information

9/11, 19 Years Later

9/6/2016

33 Comments

 
Picture
On September 11, 2001, 19 Al-Qaida terrorists from various countries in the Middle East and Asia hijacked four airplanes and purposefully crashed them.  Two airplanes hit the “Twin Towers” in New York City, one hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and one did not reach its target of the White House because the passengers stopped the terrorist pilots.  This plane crash-landed in a field in Pennsylvania.  Because of the 9/11 attacks, approximately 3,000 civilians were murdered and America fully entered into the War on Terror.

The terrorists who committed these attacks were part of an international organization called Al-Qaida, a radical Islamic organization. Al-Qaida does not control a country, but its members live in many parts of the world, including the United States of America. These terrorists hate America because the United States supports Israel’s right to exist, and because America represents freedom. Israel is a Jewish country, and the Al-Qaida organization hates Jews. Osama bin Laden was the head of Al-Qaida. He demanded that the U.S.A. stop supporting Israel, and that we remove all of our soldiers from the Arabian Peninsula. 

In 2001, Al-Qaida had most of its bases in Afghanistan, a country of Asia. Afghanistan was ruled by a political party called the Taliban.  Like Al-Qaida, the Taliban was very extreme in its Islamic beliefs.  The Taliban did not allow girls to study or women to have a job.  Women had to wear a black robe called a burqa that covered their entire body. When a girl under Taliban control becomes a woman, the Taliban mutilates her body to permanently mark her as less than a man. If you had a book or a newspaper that the Taliban didn’t like, the Taliban soldiers might torture or kill you. If it was thought you were an Afghani Christian, the Taliban would execute you. If you belonged to a minority group, you could be tortured. Punishment for homosexuality or for infidelity for a married woman was execution. The Taliban and Al-Qaida worked, and work, together.

After the attacks on 9/11, President Bush demanded from Afghanistan/The Taliban that it hand over Osama bin Laden to the United States of America. The Taliban refused, and the U.S. launched a war. The Taliban lost the war and the U.S. helped the Afghans establish a republic. The Taliban is still fighting, though. The U.S. has soldiers in Afghanistan and is fighting the Taliban with the Afghan people. At 18 years, the war in Afghanistan has become America's longest war, but by no means it is America's deadliest war. 

In 2001, Saddam Hussein was the dictator of Iraq, and the world believed that he was supporting terrorists and that he had dangerous weapons. It was feared he would give terrorists a nuclear bomb or poison gas or some other weapons that the terrorists would then use against Americans. Saddam Hussein threatened the U.S., attempted to kill President George H.W. Bush in a visit to Kuwait, and had defied 16 United Nations resolutions to come clean on his making dangerous weapons.  The United States Senate gave President George W. Bush authority to use force to remove Hussein, and he used it. The U.S. launched a war against Hussein, removed him, and established a republic. The Iraqi people tried and executed Hussein as a mass murderer.  

President Obama became the leader of the U.S. in 2009 and continued the fight against terrorists in a different way than President Bush. He stated that he wanted the U.S.A. to lead from behind and to disengage in the war in Afghanistan and in Iraq. However, he continued ordering the killing of terrorists. In 2011, he gave the order for Navy Seals to kill the leader of Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden.

​President Obama ordered American soldiers out of Iraq. After the American retreat from Iraq, another terrorist organization, called Daesha (or also ISIS) conquered much of Iraq and Syria. ISIS instituted Sharia Law, the same law that the Taliban ruled with in Afghanistan. Over 1 million refugees fled ISIS and immigrated, mainly to Europe. Some of these refugees are terrorists and have killed Europeans. Once it became clear that ISIS was a threat to Iraq and American interests, President Obama sent American soldiers back into Iraq.

​President Trump has continued the fight against terrorists in Iraq, and also has continued the fight against terrorists in Afghanistan.  Different from President Obama, Trump has allowed the American military to fully engage the terrorists and be more aggressive. In early 2018, the United States and its allies defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria. As of today, ISIS holds no territory, cannot collect any taxes, and does not control any oil fields. However, the Taliban is still very active in Afghanistan, killing Afghanis and American soldiers. Although the terrorists do not hold territory, they still are a mortal threat.  


American soldiers risk their lives each day fighting radical Islamic terrorists who made a promise to kill Americans. We remember September 11, 2001, as a day of mourning for those innocent civilians killed on American soil and as a day that changed how Americans fight terrorists around the globe. 

From the Classical Historian writers and family, we salute members of the United States armed forces, we give thanks for your sacrifice and the sacrifice of your families, and we pray and hope for complete victory over enemies of freedom in the War on Terror, the radical Islamic terrorists. We also give thanks to those teachers and writers who publish the truth about those who aim to kill, torture, and defeat the United States of America and her allies. 

Questions:
1. Who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.A?
2. Who are the Taliban?
3. How did the U.S. respond to these attacks in Afghanistan?
4. Why did the U.S. attack Iraq?
5. What happened after President Obama took U.S. soldiers out of Iraq? 
6. What is the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan? 
7. Who are the terrorists trying to take over Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan? What do they believe in? 
8. What has happened to ISIS since President Trump began his presidency? 
9. Is the War on Terror over for the United States of America? 
10. What is the best way for America to end the War on Terror? 

33 Comments
Sharla
9/11/2018 09:29:35 am

Thank you for offering these wonderful lessons to ensure our history is not lost! They are a true blessing.

Reply
dhdhvjg
9/11/2018 11:17:37 am

Thank you

Reply
Amanda Pennington
9/11/2018 11:52:30 am

Thank you so much for this concise, helpful summary! I used it to talk to my sons and found it enlightening myself.

Reply
Jodi Unangst
9/11/2018 12:52:42 pm

Thank you! It was very difficult to find a good documentary for my kids that wasn't so slanted to the left. I appreciate your summary. We are going to use this tonight after dinner as a way to reflect on the history of 9/11.

Reply
siodnhvljbv link
9/11/2018 01:02:53 pm

Thx

Reply
Jacob Alvarado
9/11/2018 01:05:17 pm

Thank you for publishing this helpful information

Reply
Jonathan calvillo link
9/11/2018 01:14:25 pm

thank you for this helpful information for us !!!!!!!!!

Reply
kaka
9/11/2018 01:18:33 pm

thank you

Reply
Nicklaus
9/11/2018 02:16:36 pm

This was a very interesting article, overall I thought this article was pretty meaning full.

Reply
Andrew link
9/11/2018 02:18:26 pm

Thanks very helpful

Reply
cesar
9/11/2018 02:18:37 pm

thanks

Reply
Michelle
9/11/2018 06:00:18 pm

Thank you for this unbiased retelling of the 9/11. Facts get so twisted now days it is hard to find the facts to teach our children.

Reply
Nashley
9/11/2018 06:08:34 pm

thank you

Reply
cristal
9/11/2018 06:29:05 pm

thank you this was very helpful

Reply
Rhonda
9/11/2018 08:00:50 pm

Thank you for sharing this again today. We have your Federal Holidays book. We used this today, but I also printed this off and will put it between Labor Day and Veteran's Day in the book so I'll have it handy for next year.

Reply
alan
9/11/2018 09:36:42 pm

I like the website it made learn some more thing that I did' t know about the 9/11.

Reply
Ashley
9/12/2018 05:05:30 am

This is concise, unbiased, and does quite an excellent job of clarifying the timeline of events that 9/11 spurred. I appreciate the time & effort that went into this and especially your willingness to make it available to us. We will use this with our kids. Thanks so much!

Reply
Millie Schmidt
9/13/2018 09:28:57 am

Thank you for making this free lesson. I was looking for something to teach my kids with. It is a difficult topic, but necessary for all Americans to know what happened that day and to never forget. God Bless!

Reply
Laura L
9/11/2019 05:13:31 am

Thank you! This is very helpful.

Reply
Heather Brainard
9/11/2019 08:08:39 am

I hope you continue these lessons. I incorporate them into our home school curriculum no matter what we are studying. Thank you for your time and effort.

Reply
Homeschool mom
9/11/2019 08:18:36 am

Wow I’m shocked this article is full of bias statements you kept stating radical Islamic terrorist I thought your approach is to be neutral an state the facts. When the whole Muslim world clearly state that these people actions has nothing to do with the religion in fact what they did takes them out from being part of the faith. You should refer to them as radical terrorist group they are threat to all American Muslim and non Muslim you failed to mention how many Muslims where hurt and murdered by this group. The article contains many other biased statements.

Lastly so many massacres happened throughout our history by radical killing innocent people and who claim to be Christians and just recently the mass shooting in Ohio by white supremacism but we will never attach their racist actions to their faith because you know as much as I do that their actions has nothing to do with their faith. No Religion in the world will call for mass murdering of innocent people and definitely not a faith which has more than 1.8 billion follower around the world

We need to teach our children the facts and keep our personal bias/racism out

Thank you

Reply
KaTHLEEN link
9/11/2019 10:06:50 am

What about the Crusades that swept through Europe in the name of Christianity (Roman Catholic Church) and slaughtered innocent people? The Holocausts- Hitler hating the Jews and Christians In the name of his religion of communism

Reply
Alaska
9/11/2019 01:29:04 pm

Not to mention Islamic Holy war, which was being practiced since the religion's inception (about five hundred years before the crusades) and has continued to this day (thirteen hundred years later).

Kathleen, Hitler wasn't a communist, I think you're thinking of Stalin.

Homeschool Mother
9/11/2019 03:26:34 pm

Dear Homeschool Mom,
Thank you for giving readers an opportunity to provide you with “fact-based” evidence. Beneath your quotes (which I edited for grammar) you will find factual refutations of your “shocked” response to Mr. De Gree’s article.
“…the whole Muslim world clearly state[s] that these people[s’] actions has [have] nothing to do with religion…” Meriam Webster defines whole as “constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety; constituting an undivided unit.” The definition of whole would mean that no Muslims believe the actions of 9/11/01 were motivated by Islamic beliefs, yet video footage exists of many Muslims celebrating the attack on the twin towers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=KrM0dAFsZ8k. Video footage from CNN discusses peaceful and radial Muslims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BtQgTGOI4. Based on the facts, it is clear John De Gree’s description of the attackers as radical Islamists is correct.
"Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home), except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame, etc.), and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has preferred in grades those who strive hard and fight with their wealth and their lives above those who sit (at home). Unto each, Allah has promised good (Paradise), but Allah has preferred those who strive hard and fight, above those who sit (at home) by a huge reward." This Quranic passage has been interpreted by Muslim radicals as a direct call to action, to wage war against unbelievers in today’s world. Some Muslims have interpreted these Quranic verses as justification for violence against non-believers. Again, it is inaccurate for you to claim the “…whole Muslim world clearly state[s] that these people[s’] actions has [have] nothing to do with religion…”
“No religion in the world will call for mass murdering of innocent people…” Moving to Quran 8:12…"(Remember) when your Lord inspired the angels... "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore, strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them." MAS has stated that the following video footage was of a group “renting” their space, but the video footage is not of Christians or Jews; it is of radical Muslims. https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-philadelphia-muslim-society-children
“Lastly so many massacres happened throughout our history by radical[s] killing innocent people and who claim to be Christians…” There are passages in the Old Testament that describe historical violence. White supremacists are not using the passages of the Old Testament to commit their crimes. While witnesses to multiple radical Islamist crimes report hearing perpetrators yell “Allahu Akbar,” witnesses to white supremacist crimes do not report perpetrators yelling “God of the Bible is great.” White supremacists are not celebrated as martyrs, nor do their families receive praise and monetary stipends. http://jcpa.org/palestinian-authority-funding-terrorists-families. They are denounced, not celebrated. Christians around the world were not dancing and singing in the streets when the violent racist murdered people in Texas. (The Ohio murders were committed by a self-described leftist, not a white supremacist.)
“We need to teach our children the facts and keep our personal bias/racism out[.]” Homeschool Mom, you are exactly right! That’s why I encourage you to reread Mr. De Gree’s balanced article and to educate yourself with facts.

Reply
Lisa Antonic
9/12/2019 12:30:57 pm

Thank you Homeschooling Mother, for taking the time and effort to reply with factual truths to Homeschool Mom's inaccuracies. Mr. DeGree's article is indeed unbiased and fact based.

E.C
9/11/2019 09:08:33 am

thank for this read of the attack (; :D

Reply
Bruce
9/11/2019 11:35:34 am

thank you mr.de gree

Reply
Jeremy
9/11/2019 11:42:23 am

thank you mr.de gree best teacher ever

Reply
Julie
9/18/2019 07:07:17 pm

There are too many factual errors and half-truths here for me even list them all. Examples from the first few paragraphs:

1. Al-Qaeda propaganda has stated over and over that the reason they hate America is that they have military bases in Saudi Arabia, near the holiest Islamic places, and that they kill Muslims in foreign wars. That's the whole reason Bin Laden stared Al Qaeda. It isn't because "America represents freedom". Support for Israel has a role too, as that is why a lot of those foreign wars and bases exist, but hating Jews in and of itself is only a small part of the equation.

2. The Taliban are not kind to women, but they don't mutilate them to mark them as inferior to men. FGM is barely practiced in Afghanistan, and when it is done, it is by the girl's female relatives, not the Taliban. And burkas are normally blue, not black.

3. The Taliban offered to hand over Bin Laden in return for stopping the American bombing campaign, but through a third party to save them face. In Pashtun culture (the Taliban are Pashtun warlords), you must defend your guests at all costs as a point of personal honor. So this claim is a half-truth - they offered to turn him over but not directly to the Americans, and Bush turned them down. Bush's refusal to accept the Taliban's offer didn't start the war anyway - the Americans were already bombing Afghanistan.

These are pretty basic errors for someone selling a history curriculum. I'm no history expert, but I lived through these events and I remember what happened. These errors are not points of view or opinion, but verifiable facts that you seem willing to ignore or to bend in order to make the article fit your worldview better. This does history and the children learning it a disservice. I will removing myself from your mailing list as I do not feel that I can trust any of your material any more.

Reply
Sf
9/20/2019 06:52:18 am

I feel the same way too Julie I will be removing my self from his mailing list as well

Reply
Kenia I Seong
9/11/2020 09:13:48 am

Thank you so much for offering these lesson. There are so helpful in teaching our children the real truth, and the values upon which our country was founded.

Reply
Teresa
9/11/2020 11:05:17 am

Thanks Julie,
I will be adding my name to Mr. de Gree’s mailing list. Finally, a historian who is willing to tell the truth!

Reply
Rolando Vaca Sr.
10/2/2020 04:01:49 pm

A honorable and worthy lecture you have presented. I remember 9/11 and i will never forget the people America lost and the soliders who fought and died for our blessing country. I am truly proud of my older brother who served in 2003, God bless america.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    John De Gree

    John De Gree writes the current events with a look at the history of each topic. Articles are written for the young person, aged 10-18, and Mr. De Gree carefully writes so that all readers can understand the event. The perspective the current events are written in is Judeo-Christian. 

    Receive Articles and Coupons in Your Email

    Sign Up Now
    For Email Marketing you can trust.

    Archives

    September 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    December 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    October 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    September 2017
    June 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014

    Categories

    All
    Abortion
    American Biographies
    American Days
    American Flag History
    America's Federal Holidays
    Asia
    Biden Presidency
    Crime
    De Gree Vacations
    Economics
    Education
    Election 2020
    Elections 2016
    Environment
    Europe
    Foreign Policy
    Gun Contol
    Health
    Immigration
    Israeli Palestinian Conflict
    Politics
    Q And A
    Religion
    Science
    Society And Culture
    Sports
    The Story Of Liberty
    Trump Presidency
    War On Terrorism
    World War II

    RSS Feed

CLASSICAL HISTORIAN MISSION
​
​
Classical Historian educates and inspires youth to seek the truth in history and to champion individual liberty and virtue. ...more

​SUPPORT
Contact us
Q & A
​Testimonials
RESOURCES
Primary Sources
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
  • Home
    • Start Here
    • What is the Classical Historian?
    • How is our approach unique?
    • What is the Socratic Discussion in History
    • Testimonials
  • Store
    • All Products
    • Curriculum
    • Games
    • Video Courses >
      • TSOL Video Course
      • High School History with Michael Allen
    • Federal Holidays
    • Constitution Bee
    • American Civics
  • Charter/Co-ops
    • Charter/Co-ops Info
    • Teacher Training >
      • Teacher Newsletters
  • Contact
  • Support
    • Q and A
    • Free Primary Sources
    • John's Blog >
      • Jessica's Blog
    • Videos and PodCasts >
      • My Life under Communism Podcast
    • Video Samples
    • Mac
  • Online Academy
    • History Classes Registration and Info
    • Literature Courses Registration and Info
    • Schedule
    • Our Teachers
    • Materials
    • Samples/Testimonials
    • Login instructions
  • Dolphin Society
    • Information