19 years after the attacks on 9/11and the start of the War on Terror, we are no closer to a clear definition of an enemy and a statement of goals than we were on September 12, 2001. What would constitute victory in the Global War on Terror? No one knows.
Unless the United States is clear about who its enemy is and the price it is willing to pay to defeat it, we are destined for an endless war with ever-growing encroachments on American liberties. If this is the path America chooses, then there can be no doubt that we have already lost the war.
Our guide “The 9/11 Attacks: Understanding Al-Qaeda and the Domestic Fall-Out from América’s Secret War” looks at what preceded the attacks and how they shaped the world we live in today.