Today, it has been 16 years since the events of September 11, 2001,
in the United States. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks, and more
than 6,000 were injured in the spectacular violence across New York,
Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.
The Bush/Cheney administration used these horrible events to justify
projecting the US empire deeper into the Middle East by invading Iraq,
as well as launching into war-torn Afghanistan. They also used the
opportunity to pass the so-called PATRIOT act, which amounted to a
vicious attack on civil liberties and human rights at home.
Any pretense that the US intended to seek justice or increase world
stability via its so-called War on Terror has been dramatically
overshadowed by increased global resentment toward the US, which has in
fact generated more terror attacks around the world.
Smoke
pours from the World Trade Center after it was hit by two hijacked
passenger planes September 11, 2001, in New York City. (Photo: Robert
Giroux / Getty Images)
