The Spirit of September 12
While necessary in some form, the "war on terror" as it played out over the past ten years has served to divert America’s attention and resources from the problems that it must solve in order to ensure its future prosperity and power. Now America must recapture and harness the spirit of unity following 9/11 to meet its current challenges.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The terrorist attacks on the United States ten years ago provoked a powerful reaction: the dispatch of American troops, first to Afghanistan and then to Iraq, and the creation of a sprawling new federal agency, the Department of Homeland Security, to coordinate and supervise measures and programs aimed at protecting the US from further assaults. This expensive, intensive effort – known as the “global war on terror” – can be counted as a success, a diversion, and an example.