9/11 Attacks

William Moseley in his written reflection on the September 11 attacks, gives reasoning on how we may have provoked the terror attacks that took the lives of over 2,000 people. The first idea is that our oil and energy consumption has given the Islamic extremists like Isis an Al Qaeda the finical needs to start spreading their beliefs of their religion and creating more of a following. By having our oil consumption of twenty five percent of worldwide use, we have given these terror groups the money to supply themselves with weapons to carry out attacks. American influence in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia that are declining but still trying to hold onto older traditions. Islam also has those traditions and provides a framework for what is good and evil to those people. They feel oppressed by the American culture slowly influencing their society. Mosely then brings up an interesting point about how the Islamic fighters feel like they are fighting for their freedom and to release the oppression from their society.