As the war went bad fast, a divide began to widen on the right. The split between neo conservatives and nativists represented competing conceptions of americanex tonalism. Both were inclined to civilizational explanations for nine 11. We should understand nine 11 as a culmination proving bin laden's point about how liberals can't be trusted to weld American power overseas.
Episode one of The Dig's three-part War on Terror series the with Spencer Ackerman: 9/11, bipartisan war fever, and George W. Bush.
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