Sean's+Satirical+Essay

On September 11, 2001 the United States was attacked. The September 11, 2001 attacks consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks by Islamic extremists on the United States on September 11, 2001. The victims were predominantly civilians. All Americans were extremely affected on this day by the event, and little did any of them know, but they were about to be involved in a war with Iraq. We were about to be faced by many hard decisions that would require Americans to decide if they wanted to confront their problems or just to run away from them. Many Americans had not yet realized the severity of the situation. The American government declared war on Iraq, for American security, to fix their government, and to make a statement to all the other nations, that Terrorism will not be tolerated in the United States and it will result in war. Although many Americans understand the cause of the Iraq war, many believe that the goal of it is not worth the casualties that we have lost soo far in the war. 70 percent of Americans think these gains have come at an "unacceptable" cost in military casualties. 56% conclude that, given the cost, the conflict there was “not worth fighting”. Americans would love for the causes to be gained, but as soon as the situation becomes harder, or uncomfortable, they don’t want to participate anymore. They don’t want to confront their problems and continually run away from them. Solution? Hide Iraq, and keep it out of sight of all Americans and the rest of the world for that matter. Some skeptics may wonder how you could hide an entire nation, and that answer would be maps. Take all maps that exist in the entirety of the world and remake them. Exclude Iraq. Iraq will become the new Area 51. No one will know its location. Along with maps, the entire internet would have to be reworked in order to not include any information of about Iraq or maps of the country. Along with all the books that exist in society today that include any information or mentioning of Iraq, they must be burned. Neighboring countries will have special protections on the outskirts of their countries that border with Iraq, so that anyone that ever comes near enough to the site of Iraq, that they will be turned away and told never to come back again. Satellite systems should be redesigned in order to just look over what is Iraq and to make it seem as if it never had existed. Within a couple hundred years all people will have forgotten about the country and will be able to get on with their lives. The effect should be so that Americans can start fresh and start to confront their own problems again. If Iraq is hidden from the rest of the world then who is going to have a problem with it? People will not be worried about casualties from the war, because their will be no war. There will also not be any threat of terrorism from Iraq, because as well as Americans know, there is no Iraq. Many Americans will be trained in therapy in order to confront their problems. With increasingly difficult situations, Americans will be tested to make sure that they can confront their problems in life. Those who do not apply themselves will be placed in a special facility, like a prison, until they do comply. In the end, Americans will not run from their problems, but instead they will stay and confront them, which prevents the problems from developing into a bigger problem.

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