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9/11, Twenty Years LaterNew York City prior to 9/11

9/11, Twenty Years Later

Published by Marty Milligan on September 11, 2021

All of the things that the United States government had been doing in the Middle East since the end of World War II provoked the 9/11 attack. The American people were not responsible for the actions of nineteen psychopaths with box cutters. But Americans suffered the consequences of losing control of their government. They voted for a government that went overseas and involved itself in the affairs of others using violent means. Instead of constraining these activities, Americans focused on domestic issues such as welfare programs and culture wars. By making these federal issues, interventionist foreign policy became a side issue in national politics and the eventual blowback came as a surprise.

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