Describe how the United States responded to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 with its actions in Afghanistan.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing President George W. Bush (2001-2009) to use "all necessary and appropriate force" against nations, organizations, and individuals that the president determined had "planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks." In late 2001, supported by a coalition of allies, the U.S. military attacked al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and the ruling Taliban regime that harbored those terrorists. Once the Taliban had been ousted, the United States helped to establish a government in Afghanistan that did not support terrorism. Instead of continuing the hunt for al Qaeda members in Afghanistan, however, the Bush administration increasingly looked to Iraq as a threat to U.S. security.
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What will be an ideal response?