Want to know:

- Put in place by the Bush Doctrine. - Unlike pervious wars, it had a vaguely defined enemy - any terrorist group around the world that might threaten the US or its allies. - Had no predictable timetable for victory. - The nation would recognize no middle ground in this new war. - The war in Afghanistan was part of this. - Bush repeatedly claimed that the toppling of the Taliban marked only the beginning of this.- Bush's axis of evil speech was a part of this. - Iraq war was a part of this. - Like earlier wars, this war raised anew the problem of balancing security and liberty.- US Patriot Act was passed as part of this. - At least 5000 foreigners with Middle Eastern connections were rounded up and more than 1200 arrested many with no link to terrorism with held for months without a formal charge or public notice of their fate. - A detention camp at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay was set up as a part of this. - An executive order issued by Bush in 2001 authorized the holding of secret military tribunals for noncitizens deemed to have assisted terrorism - did not repeat constitutional protections. - Also in 2001, the Justice Department declared that American citizens could be held indefinitely without charge and not allowed to see a lawyer if the government declared them "enemy combatants."- The majority of Americans seemed willing to accept the restraints on time-honored liberties as a necessity to fight this, but others recalled previous times when liberties were limited in war time. - Liberty vs. security debate seemed to last as long as this war had. - Officials of Bush's administration insisted that after 9/11 that the US did not need to follow international law in pursuing this war.

Get a detailed, AI-powered explanation for this question and thousands more on StudyFetch.