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16: Making America Safe Again
Making America Safe Again
As America continued on as nothing happened and the thwarted hijackings faded out of the news, the Trump Administration got to work. Most in the Administration were pleased at the efficiency of their efforts to apprehend the suspects, but Trump knew how close they had come to the brink? Trump had predicted that terrorists would soon move against the United States and he wasn’t very comfortable with being right. He felt an obligation to get to the bottom of this and ensure terrorists could never get so close to pulling of such a complicated operation again.
But where could they start? Nobody really knew what the motives and intentions of these hijackers were. Why hijack four airliners, why today and why here? All these questions and more would have to be answered through clear and concise investigation.
Trump’s first orders once the investigation was completely was to immediately strike back at the terrorists. Trump was not an interventionist however and he didn’t want to get America bogged down in another war against insurgents like Vietnam. Trump believed in strong action of course, but he also believed that war was a last resort. Trump wanted to take a more surgical approach, striking hard at the source. Trump would immediately mobilize special forces and intelligence assets around the globe to pursue Al-Qaeda and other affiliated terror groups, while military forces were deployed if surgical military strikes were needed. He would apply pressure on governments that harboured such terrorists, such as Afghanistan, to extradite them. If they didn’t, he would take countermeasures such as seriously upping America’s support for groups such as the Northern Alliance. Hopefully his history of deal making would enable him to strike a good deal for America. All the while, Trump reached out to and began closs cooperation with governments such as Russia and India to counter the rise of international terrorism. These countries had their share of experiences with terrorism themselves and would be happy to help Trump get the job done.
As these actions occured behind the scenes, the story itself would quickly disappear from the news and Americans would continue about their lives as normal. Thankfully, on the day the world could have changed forever, it didn’t.
The attention of America would instead turn to other issues emerging in late 2001.
As America continued on as nothing happened and the thwarted hijackings faded out of the news, the Trump Administration got to work. Most in the Administration were pleased at the efficiency of their efforts to apprehend the suspects, but Trump knew how close they had come to the brink? Trump had predicted that terrorists would soon move against the United States and he wasn’t very comfortable with being right. He felt an obligation to get to the bottom of this and ensure terrorists could never get so close to pulling of such a complicated operation again.
But where could they start? Nobody really knew what the motives and intentions of these hijackers were. Why hijack four airliners, why today and why here? All these questions and more would have to be answered through clear and concise investigation.
Trump’s first orders once the investigation was completely was to immediately strike back at the terrorists. Trump was not an interventionist however and he didn’t want to get America bogged down in another war against insurgents like Vietnam. Trump believed in strong action of course, but he also believed that war was a last resort. Trump wanted to take a more surgical approach, striking hard at the source. Trump would immediately mobilize special forces and intelligence assets around the globe to pursue Al-Qaeda and other affiliated terror groups, while military forces were deployed if surgical military strikes were needed. He would apply pressure on governments that harboured such terrorists, such as Afghanistan, to extradite them. If they didn’t, he would take countermeasures such as seriously upping America’s support for groups such as the Northern Alliance. Hopefully his history of deal making would enable him to strike a good deal for America. All the while, Trump reached out to and began closs cooperation with governments such as Russia and India to counter the rise of international terrorism. These countries had their share of experiences with terrorism themselves and would be happy to help Trump get the job done.
As these actions occured behind the scenes, the story itself would quickly disappear from the news and Americans would continue about their lives as normal. Thankfully, on the day the world could have changed forever, it didn’t.
The attention of America would instead turn to other issues emerging in late 2001.
- Abraham Washington
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