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Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

In the post-9/11 era, America’s greatest threat isn’t jihadist terrorism any more

Author:     Michael German, Elizabeth Goitein and Faiza Patel
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Tuesday 17 August 2921 | 0600 EDT
 Link: In the post-9/11 era, America’s greatest threat isn’t jihadist terrorism any more
Stephan:   I very strongly agree with this exegetic essay. Our problem is not international terrorism, Islamic or anything else. What American faces is a serious internal terrorism problem. One that is growing year by year. I urge you to read this.
‘Terrorism is typically responsible for fewer than 100 fatalities a year – smaller than the number of Americans killed in bathtub accidents. In comparison, there are over 16,000 annual homicides, mostly by firearms.’ Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty
  • Elizabeth Goitein and Faiza Patel are co-directors and Michael German is a fellow at the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
  • This essay is co-published with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law as part of a series exploring new approaches to national security 20 years after 9/11

The 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks is a natural time to assess our nation’s response over the last two decades and chart a course for the future. Our single-minded focus on defeating terrorist groups claiming to act in the name of Islam over all other priorities, international or domestic, has allowed vulnerabilities to fester.

The biggest problems our nation faces today have little to do with the terrorist groups that have consumed so much of our attention. Far-right militants launched a deadly attack […]

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2 Comments

  1. Tom N on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 5:01 am

    The War in Afghanistan would have NEVER HAPPENED if the 911 terrorist attack had not happened.

  2. Rev. Dean on Friday, August 20, 2021 at 7:53 am

    Noam Chomsky who is considered the top philosopher in the world says that the USA is the greatest terrorist in the world. He may mean that because we produce more weapons that any other nation on earth.