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After an eventful first term, George W. Bush was inaugurated in 2005, as seen in the video above, and began serving his second term in the White House. After the dramatic event now referred to as 9/11, Bush had to deal with the aftermath and made the extremely difficult decision to commence a war on terror. An Afghani terrorist group known as the al-Qaeda, successfully flew two hijacked planes into the Twin Towers in New York City, New York, and one into The Pentagon. The fourth plane was meant to hit the Congress building in Washington D.C., but failed when American passengers took over the plane and landed it safely in a Pennsylvania field. As a result of the blunt attack, Bush declared that we would be invading Afghanistan in an attempt to overthrow Osama bin Laden (the mastermind behind the attack) and the Taliban regime.

Although this occurrence was years before Bush’s second election and inauguration, its effects proved to remain. In his first inaugural address of his second term, Bush exemplified his desire to continue “confront[ing] the enemy abroad with measures that are determined, successful, and continuing…,” and continues by saying, “…we will stay on the offensive against them until the fight is won…The only force powerful enough to stop the rise of tyranny and terror and replace hatred with hope is the force of human freedom” (George W. Bush). Bush’s plans were seemingly simple: create peace in Afghanistan in the hopes of preventing further destruction.

Bush’s plans were in effect throughout the remainder of his presidency, and although the war continues to this day, some argue that commendable progress was made using Bush’s strategies. America boldly attempted, and continues to attempt, to stabilize Afghanistan’s government and limit the momentum of the Taliban regime. Only time will tell if Bush’s ideas will prove to be successful .