Two years have passed since hateful acts of terrorism shook America to its core and moved it toward a force-oriented and unilateralist world policy. This writer detests and condemns the cruel oppression by the Saddam Hussein regime against its people in Iraq and against its neighbors over the years.
I have no sympathy for the fate that has befallen Hussein and his cohorts. I am not satisfied, however, with what has transpired since 9/11. I offer my assessment of the current status of the American response to the tragedy upon its second anniversary.
My strongest point of dissatisfaction is that the Bush administration, American intellectuals and the American general public seem to have perceived 9/11 as an absolute evil that hit America out of the blue within an international political vacuum. It is absolutely clear that no justification can be found for such terrorism aimed principally at civilians.