Emanuel Pastreich
It is with a heavy heart that we commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Those attacks led us, seduced us, into almost two decades of unending wars and they continue to serve as the justification for a massive increase in military spending in the United States, and around the world.
This new reign of “terror” came at precisely the moment that we should have committed all of our attention, all our resources and all our imagination to combat climate change, and to rebuild our shattered society.
“Ultimately, the war on terror was a war on the truth.”
The entire concept of “terror” has evolved into a strategy for foreign relations, and it has become a means of governance in the United States.
The scientific method, diplomacy and common goals other than preparing for war, or encouraging trade and finance, have vanished.
We
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