9/11 Attacks on America
9/11 Attacks on America | The Terrorist Attacks Were Not the Result of U.S. Actions
Peter Beinart is editor of the New Republic, a weekly journal of opinion.
Summary: Some people have blamed the September 11 terrorist attacks on “blowback”—the unintended consequences of U.S. foreign policy actions. They have argued that the rise of Osama bin Laden, believed to be the mastermind behind the attacks, was in part the result of American intervention in the war between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union in the 1980s. But a careful reading of history indicates otherwise. Bin Laden’s rise is attributable to America’s disengagement from...
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- Enemies of Freedom Committed an Act of War Against America
- The Attacks Were God’s Punishment for America’s Actions Against Islam
- Osama bin Laden Wants to Drive the West from the Islamic World
- The Attacks Were Part of Militant Islam’s War Against America
- The Terrorist Attacks Were Not the Result of U.S. Actions
- U.S. Policies in Islamic Lands Are a Root Cause of the Terrorist Attacks
- The Terrorists Were Waging a War the United States Began
- The Financial Backing of Terrorist Groups Must Be Targeted
- The United States Should Seek Alternatives to Military Action
- The Terrorist Attacks Should Be Treated as Acts of War
- The Terrorist Attacks Should Be Treated as International Crimes
- Bombing Afghanistan Is the Wrong Response to the Terrorist Attacks
- Bombing Afghanistan Was a Necessary Step in the War Against Terrorism
- The Attacks Revealed America’s Lack of Preparedness Against Terrorism
- The Terrorist Attacks Clarified the Meaning of Good and Evil
- Evil Is Too Simplistic an Explanation for the Terrorist Attacks
- The World Must Respond to the Attack on New York City
- The Attacks Revealed the Importance of the Public Sector
- The Attacks Marked the End of the Post–Cold War Era
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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