Bush Jr. Recalls The Launch Of The War In Afghanistan: I Was Right
lemon ® ｜ PopYard.History ｜ 2021-09-02

As Afghanistan is changing, the United States is heading the 20th anniversary of the "9•11" terrorist attack. In a new documentary of BBC, former US President George W. Bush, who initiated the war in Afghanistan, recalled more details of the terrorist attacks that year, and defended that starting the war was a "correct" decision.

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The British "Independent" article on September 2 stated that the documentary, 9/11: Inside the President's WarRoom, has disclosed some interview videos, in the video Bush said, "TAnd those decisions were not made out of anger, they were made with a goal in mind, which was to protect the American people. I think I was right,"

When asked whether his actions of war have succeeded in making the world safer, Bush Jr. replied, “As you know, the United States has not been attacked by other attacks.” He added, “We will make history Family come to clarify history. I am satisfied with this decision I made."

When asked whether he believed his actions after 9/11 made the world a safer place, Bush replied: 'You know, there weren't any other attacks on America. " and said " We'll let the historians sort all that out. Let's just say this - I'm comfortable with the decisions I made.'

Bush Jr. also disclosed that on the day of the terrorist attack, he also became the target of the thrilling moment.

When the terrorist attack occurred, Bush Jr. was reading an article called "Pet Goat" with first-year students in a school in Florida. When he was informed of the attack, his first reaction was "pilot error." He said, "I couldn't imagine anything other than a lousy pilot getting loose."

Before his leaving for the trip that morning, Bush received a briefing from the CIA at 8:30, which contained nothing about terrorism, nor was there anything unusual.

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When the second plane attacked the second tower, then the White House chief of staff Andrew Card quickly notified Bush Jr. At this time, he was listening to the children in the classroom, trying to keep calm when he heard "the United States is under attack." Bush completed the reading exercises, sat in the classroom for seven minutes, praised the children, and then left. "I don't want to panic the children," he said, "I want to create a sense of peace."

After that, Bush’s entourage set up an emergency room in the school until they boarded "Air Force One." However, when "Air Force One" was flying high in the sky, they received news that "Angels are the next target." "Angel" is the code name for "Air Force One". This news surprised Bush Jr. and his entourage, because no one knew the code name except members of the Bush administration.

Weapons of all people on the plane were taken to ensure that no one "can conduct internal work and shoot down Air Force One."

After the "9·11" terrorist attacks, in response, the Bush administration launched the "war on terrorism" and decided to invade Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban who hid al-Qaeda terrorists. In 2011, the United States killed the terrorist leader Osamabin Laden (Osamabin Laden) in Pakistan, but the war continued.