This article by the late Professor Edward Herman was
among the first articles published by Global Research on September 15,
2001. The article was written in the immediate wake of the 9/11 attacks
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One of the most durable features of the U.S. culture is the
inability or refusal to recognize U.S. crimes. The media have long been
calling for the Japanese and Germans to admit guilt, apologize, and pay
reparations. But the idea that this country has committed huge crimes,
and that current events such as the World Trade Center and Pentagon
attacks may be rooted in responses to those crimes, is close to
inadmissible.
