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Members of the U.S. National Guard read newspapers during a break near the World Trade Center September 16, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images)
1. The Anniversary
The United States is on the verge of being chased out of the Middle East. Israel, which had been close to normalizing relations with its neighbors, is an international pariah state. The Islamic Republic of Iran now controls the Strait of Hormuz and will soon be the dominant power in the region.
In a fashion, these outcomes match some of al Qaeda’s goals from twenty-five years ago. Today I want to talk about an idea that isn’t very nice: Sometimes terrorism works...
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