War on
Terror: The Brief Explanation
The
explanation of the term of ‘War on Terror’ is commonly defined as a basic
concept that rules either military or political efforts and actions that are
carried out to wage war against every form of terrorism activity. The use of
the phrase, especially referenced as an international military campaign against
terrorism as the impact of the sad tragedy of September 11st 2001 when the huge
twin towers, World Trade Center (WTC) and Pentagon were crashed and devastated
by commercial planes that is accused to be hijacked by certain group of
terrorist. This tragedy resulted about 3.000 of casualties.
‘War on Terror’ was firstly used by the former
United States President, George W. Bush, in his speech regarding the 9/11
tragedy. On September 20th, Bush, in a televised congress joint- session,
stated,” Our ‘War on Terror’ begins with al- Qaeda, but it does not end here.
It will not end until every terrorists group of global reach has been found,
stopped, and defeated.” In the statement, Bush condemned and declared a war to
every militant terrorist group, particularly al- Qaeda with its Osama Bin Laden
as the main leader.