Similarities Between 9/11 And Pearl Harbor

This paper will discuss similarities between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor that describe the Presidential responses to the attacks, as well as investigate the roles that class, culture, religion, and nations of superiority played in these attacks on the United States.

Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese it was a military attack on a military target. The attack on World Trade Center was a civilian aircraft against a civilian target. The targets were different for the two of the events. In 9/11, World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House were targeted. In both events, thousands of lives were lost. In the attack on Pearl Harbor, 2,400 people died within a matter of hours. In the attack on 9/11 3,000 people died. The people that died were all innocent during these events!!. The 9/11 and the attack on Pearl Harbor were both surprises for the nation. These both events were attacked by people from another country such as; Pakistan, Syria, Japan, and other countries. These attacks have in common that 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are facts, that the attacks were unprovoked, without benefit of a declaration of war on U.S. soil.

On December 7, 1941 just before 8:00 AM, everyone were getting ready to start their day. A big exploitation frightened

all Americans and hundreds of fighter planes were soaring through the sky, attacking every single thing that moved, it destroyed thousands of important items and most importantly, people's lives. In History.com mentions that “The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships and more than 300 airplanes.” Thousands of people died on the Pearl Harbor attack and they didn’t get to say goodbye to their loved ones. How many people died in the attack you ask? More than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died in the horrifying tragedy. They sacrificed their lives for this country. After the Pearl Harbor attack, president Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Two years into World War II, the United States finally joined due to the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
On September 11, 2001, the morning was busy as usual in New York. People were doing their regular routine. At 8:45 AM, a American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center tearing a gas hole in the building and setting it on fire. At 9:03 AM, a second hijacked airline, United Airline Flight 175, crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center and soon explodes. The second plane shifted slightly taking with its wings, 8 floors with people inside of it. People ran for cover trying to escape from the fire and chaos. Some of them were also trying to find their friends, relatives, and coworkers. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, hit the Western side of the Pentagon, just outside of Washington, D.C.. The fourth hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed down in a field in rural Pennsylvania never reaching its final intended target. Many innocent Americans lost their lives during the tragic attack on 9/11.
These both have similarities such as that many people died and suffered in Pearl Harbor, 2,335 military personnel died, including 22,008 navy, 109 marines, and 218 armies.

A total of 68 civilians also died on 9/11 making the grand total of deaths of 2,403. On 9/11, irreplaceable documents, records, art, artifacts were destroyed along with 3,000 American lives. People were trying to make sense out what had happened. People were also fearful and worried for their lives and their families. According to History.com mentions that during in Pearl Harbor, “The assault, which lasted less then two houurs, claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people, 100 wounded and demaged or destroyed hearly 20 american ships and more than 300

airplanes”.
People witnessed on grounds were dressed in suits, jump out of the windows from the two towers to their inevitable deaths. They had no way out, they were trapped so they decide to risk their lives. They lost their lives and people around the world live on T.V. saw that many innocent Americans lose their lives due to terrorist attack on New York.
In wichita.edu mentions that “First of both of these events were addressed the problem immediately and told everything how it was without sugarcoating stories but at the same time they were both comforting and assured everyone that they would retaliate and have their vengeance”. FDR, who was president during the attack on Pearl Harbor, said “I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of War has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.”
The man who provoked the 9/11 attack was Osama-Bin-Laden. Everything that he did in New York and the entire U.S, everyone was in shock. They started to cry because they saw people jumping from the towers. He is credited for being the mastermind in the 9/11 attack, but he did not act alone. Five other members checked in and boarded American Airlines flight 11. The attackers who helped Osama-Bin-Laden were; Atta, Omari, Satam Al Suqami, Wail Al Shehri, and Waleed Al Shehri.
The attackers knew how to fly the plane in the first place by going to school in South Florida. They only learned the basics of flying a plane. Others were well trained in subduing people such as a pilot or anyone else that wanted to stand up against them. They claimed that they would gladly die for their religion and country. One of them was even an architect and studied the structure of the items and to understand how they worked.
We have been told that these men were crazy religious fanatics. The media and the government spokesman assured Americans that the attacks were unprovoked and uncalled for. They said it had nothing to do with the government supporting Israel. The presidents said that they attacked us because they are afraid of our Americans values and freedom. The last thing they want the American people is to know that the unconditional support of Israel led directly to the 9/11 attack. In 9/11 Commission Report, chapter 2 mentions that in 1998 an interview of Osama-Bin-Laden stated that “Muslims in Palestine have been blasted and assaulted and robbed of their honor and property” (p.47-54). Their house been blasted and their crops were destroyed.
In the USA about 83 percent of Americans are affiliated with a religion. Religion controls everything people do such as the opinions of others, the way we act toward each other, our actions, what we do, and how we live our everyday lives are controlled by some sort of religion affiliation. They are spiritual and they don’t believe in God. After all, America is the land of freedom of religion, but it was founded on Christian beliefs. The US government holds a lot of things that they are not telling us because they want us to believe all the lies they feed us through media. Some volunteers that helped after the 9/11 attack got really sick and were not covered through their health care insurance or from the government even though they helped clean up the pile of mess that was left over.
I believe that not all the people like the US, that’s why people from other countries are attacking our nation because they want to get their revenge in one way or the other. The US is holding more information about what really happened on both of the events. Sometimes our history can be based in order to make U.S. a better nation that is why the government has done its fair share of damaging the Middle East and other countries. I think that innocent people shouldn’t have to die in these attacks.