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19 years ago, America lost nearly 3,000 lives in the deadliest terrorist attack in our history.
The global war we launched in response has brought its own staggering costs, as shown by @CostsOfWar.
Before its 20th anniversary, it's time to end this endless war.
The global war we launched in response has brought its own staggering costs, as shown by @CostsOfWar.
Before its 20th anniversary, it's time to end this endless war.
The Global War on Terror has not made us safer. Most of the advances in counterterrorism that have prevented large scale terrorist attacks since 9/11 have come from domestic law enforcement.
Read @sns_1239 on how to wind down the #GWOT:
https://quincyinst.org/2020/06/10/19-years-later-how-to-wind-down-the-war-on-terror/
Read @sns_1239 on how to wind down the #GWOT:
https://quincyinst.org/2020/06/10/19-years-later-how-to-wind-down-the-war-on-terror/
In December 2019, we learned from the Afghanistan papers that American officials have spent years falsely claiming successes in the Afghan war — while privately doubting that "victory" was even possible. @stephenwertheim breaks it down:
In April, our board member @Catherine_Lutz wrote about how our overly-militarized response to 9/11 left us more vulnerable to other threats — most notably, COVID-19: https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/489733-fighting-a-virus-with-the-wrong-tools
On a similar note, our president, Andrew Bacevich, on the failure of the national security state to keep Americans safe:
Also from Andrew Bacevich: the never ending war on terror and the foreign policy establishment's smooth pivot to great power conflict with China, for @SpectatorUSA https://spectator.us/still-global-war-terrorism/
Finally, @davidsvine writes for @RStatecraft: wars instigated or fueled by the United States since 9/11 have displaced 37 million people worldwide https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/09/08/millions-displaced-by-us-combat-since-9-11/
