Today is September 11, aka 9\/11, a date that still resonates in infamy.\u00a0 Where are we as a nation 14 years after those terrorist attacks?\u00a0 We have waged two wars, more or less inspired by our anger over 9\/11.\u00a0 We killed Osama bin Laden and struck a strong blow against Al Qaeda, but now we have an even more monstrous enemy in ISIS.\u00a0 We were brought together as a nation 14 years ago, but now we are polarized again.\u00a0 In the aftermath of the 9\/11 attacks, artists announced that \u201cirony is dead,\u201d but now irony, compounded by cynicism and nihilism are ascendant again.\u00a0 Postmodern relativism was also supposed to be dead in the period of moral clarity right after the attacks, but now relativism has resumed its works of demolition.<\/p>\n
So did the terrorists win?\u00a0 Or was it just our naivete that collapsed with those towers?\u00a0 Or was it something more?\u00a0 Or have we settled into a long war against terrorism that we realize now will not be easy and that will take a nation-wide patience?\u00a0 Or what?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today is September 11, aka 9\/11, a date that still resonates in infamy.\u00a0 Where are we as a nation 14 years after those terrorist attacks?\u00a0 We have waged two wars, more or less inspired by our anger over 9\/11.\u00a0 We killed Osama bin Laden and struck a strong blow against Al Qaeda, but now we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,46],"tags":[1996,4357],"class_list":["post-22169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-terrorism","tag-september-11-attacks","tag-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"\n