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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? After 9/11 the strategy of pre-emptive war became the United State main military strategy. This strategy was the cause of the start of US military involvement in the middle east. This strategy has proven it self through out time that it can be very effective, and it is starting to pay off, the US forces in Iraq experienced to casualties last mouth. In all this shows that with this strategy the US is moving towards a better tomorrow.

Citation: //http://www.nytimes.com///. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. ||
 * < Schmidt, Michael S. "Iraq War Marks First Month With No U.S. Military Deaths."

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. The 9/11 attacks are what brought the strategy of pre-emptive war to the American military. This new strategy brought about an age of fighting whats in a country not the country it self, a war of special ops, drone attacks and secrecy. Pre-emptive war has become more dangerous with the addition of nuclear strikes to the doctrine in October of 2008, preemptive war has also stop many attacks before they happened. 9/11 is what brought the idea of pre-emptive war to the US and it will be here for a long time to come.

Citation: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/gate-o30.shtml

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? This debate has both helped and hurt our country, it has greatly increased the effectiveness and efficiency of the armed forces, but at a great cost. The US defense budget is the highest in the world and the US has been somehow involved in all 21st century conflicts due to the strategy of preemptive war. The US government is looking to spend $881 billion in 2012 and spent $895 billion in 2011, $118 billion of this will go to the war in the middle east that was caused by the preemptive war strategy. While the US spends more money to fuel the preemptive war strategy it also makes our country a safer place for all.

Citation: http://useconomy.about.com/od/usfederalbudget/p/military_budget.htm

RUBRIC for Responses
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly addresses and answers the question
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your articles (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning