The Never Ending War

Prompt: Why Are We at War Blog

I do not agree with The Presidents reasons on why we are at war. From the beginning, we as Americans were told through the media that we were going to fight a war on terrorism. After the 911 attacks the main focus was to get the people who thought out and carried out this act of terrorism. The main focus of the war has changed directions. I feel that we as Americans are no longer fighting the war based on an act of terrorism.

Mailer is a man with some very strong views on war and the President. The President has a job to keep the people in America safe and free. There are some points in the book that I do agree with. I think that the war is uncalled for and that it is causing America a lot of money as well as a lot of lives.

This was started out as a way to revenge terrorism. In the few years that we have been fighting this war, it has changed directions several different times. There have been several different reasons broadcasted as to why we are fighting this war. No one knows the true reason behind this war. No one knows how long this war will last. After reading the Mailer, I have a different way of looking at the war. I also have a different way of the way I feel about our President.

Americans have probably been receiving some form of terrorism for years. The military has kept that quite. I think that it took a lot of courage for Norman Mailer to write such an expressive work. His work is a real eye opener to me. During the reading I found my self asking, why are we really at war. I am not a very political person, but during the reading of the Mailer my political inside was awaken. No matter how we all feel about this war, the President is going to do what he wants to do, as long as he is still in office. We will probably be still fighting when he is no longer our President.