It's an inside job

The screen suddenly changes to show the crab-thing's frustration

I AM NOT AMUSED BY YOUR INSOLENCE, GO BACK TO THE [PREVIOUS PAGE] AND TRY AGAIN

The End 2: History's choice, but not the right choice

You do as Bush actually did, and justify the 9/11 bombings as a way to involve Iraq in a meaningless war. Your approval ratings skyrocket and you help "protect" the nation from this imaginary threat of a global Terrorist Network of sleeper cells, but in doing so you've doomed thousands of American lives and even more civilians in the coming Iraq an Afghanistan wars. Not much else can be said about the consequences of your decision, other than it pleased the public. 

YOU FOOL! I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF YOUR PAST PRESIDENT, BUT INSTEAD YOU REPEAT HIS ACTIONS AND START THE IRAQ WAR. WHILE THERE ARE BENEFITS FOR YOU AND THE NATION WITH THIS OPTION, YOU WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS THE SOLE CAUSE FOR A COSTLY AND UNNECESSARY WAR.

-You're ejected from the Time Machine, but you find yourself to be in front of your 1st period class, freshman year. You're 10 minutes late-

[closing statement]

The End 1: The right choice, but not History's choice

You don't start the War in Iraq, and as a result your neo-conservative friends in the Presidential Cabinet all hate you. Good job losing your friends, loser. While you saved the United States from an unreal threat, you have done nothing to deal with the threat of this terrorist organization and as such your approval ratings plummet. You don't get re-elected and who knows what would happen after that.

WELL, YOU SEEM TO BE FAIRLY REASONABLE. YOU DIDN'T INVOLVE AN INNOCENT REGIME INTO A BLOODY, OIL DRIVEN WAR BUT YOU SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES OF A SOCIETY THAT'LL BE DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT YOU (the president) DO WITH ANY DECISION. I HOPE YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THESE TRIALS, AND YOU ARE NOW FREE TO GO TO CLASS

-You're dropped out of the Time Machine, and you still manage to be 10 minutes late to 1st period-

[closing statement]

Closing Statement

Thank you so much for actually taking the time out of your day to go through my Contemporary Issues final project, it means a whole lot (not really) to me :). There is a bunch of material I wasn't able to cover in this project, and I feel I already made it too bloated for a Choose Your Own Adventure based around geopolitics and events in history. If I had the time in the week to do so, I'd make a 2nd final project talking just about the consequences of either expanding America's "Benevolent Hegemony" or to go back to having more Isolationist ideals, but I don't cuz of other finals. yay.

If you want to do more CYOA blogs that I made as history finals, check out http://anadventureatyourfingertips.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-stonepage-homepage.html

Bush's shoes

It is 12 hours after the twin towers were attacked, and you're having to decide what to say in your upcoming address to the public. You remember that Bush really doesn't like Saddam Hussein because he survived the Gulf War, but you have a lot of evidence that he wasn't involved in the attacks and isn't harboring weapons of mass destruction. Maybe there is some global network of terrorist sleeper cells, created only so you and the Neo-conservatives can have a way to scare the public and justify the next two wars. You're presented with two options: 
[Admit that Iraq is in no way involved in the attacks and don't start one of the most expensive and useless wars in American History, but not directly address the issue at hand which is some Terrorist group that has a Jihad against the United States]
OR
[Get Iraq involved by using the age old tactic of "Proof by lack of dis-proof", but also make it look like you're addressing the problem of this "Al Qaeda" terrorist group and satisfy the Country's desperate need for revenge]

You didn't attack the Ruskies!

GOOD JOB SAPIEN, THOUGH YOU SAID YOU WERE NAIVE YOU SURE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE DISCUSSIONS IN THIS CLASS AND THE GUEST LECTURE YOU HAD FROM MR. PETTIGREW

NOW, FOR YOUR FINAL CHALLENGE, YOU MUST DEAL WITH THE MORE RECENT DILEMMA OF WHAT TO DO IN RESPONSE TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND PENTAGON BOMBINGS OF 9/11
[enter Bush's shoes]

The Blue Pill

My oh my, this plan might actually work. You position the Navy to blockade the ports of Cuba, stopping Ruskie battleships from entering the country and providing more nuclear weapons and stuff. However, the Soviet ships get extremely close to your, 100% Freedom ships and things get a bit dicey. You must either [Engage the Soviet ships first], or [Not do anything and hope that one Soviet ship commander doesn't torpedo your freedom]