9/11 Legacy Reassessed

Commentators across the spectrum revisit 9/11’s legacy and America’s response.

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9/11: When We Knew Evil

As 9/11 anniversary falls on Rosh Hashanah, Jews are asked to remember — and move forward

25 Years After 9/11, Have We Finally Realized What We’re Fighting? - The Daily Signal

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On the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, retrospectives centered on al-Qaeda’s hijacking of four planes, the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, the strike on the Pentagon and the crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks killed 2,977 people, including 24 Canadians, after passengers on the fourth plane tried to retake control. Commentaries assessed how the attacks reshaped U.S. politics, military service, foreign policy, civil liberties, conspiracy movements and national unity. Jewish communities also marked the anniversary as it coincided with Rosh Hashanah.

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Post-9/11 OverreachBalanced

America’s reaction to 9/11 was badly distorted by fear, prejudice, conspiracy thinking, wars, and policy overreach. Avoiding future harm requires rejecting that path and choosing more restrained politics and foreign policy.

Patriotic MemoryLeans Right

Remembering 9/11 should preserve the courage, unity, and democratic resolve Americans showed after the attacks. Honoring the dead and the responders is a civic duty, and the country should try to recover that spirit of common purpose.

Confront JihadismLeans Right

The 9/11 attacks exposed a real jihadist evil that free societies must name plainly. Americans must understand the conflict as an ongoing struggle against the ideology behind those attacks, not as a closed chapter.