Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Can U.S. Move Beyond Narcissism of 9/11?

Gary Younge, The Guardian
In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks the then national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, called in her senior staff and asked them to think seriously about "how [to] capitalise on these opportunities". The primary opportunity came from a public united in anger, grief and fear which the Bush administration sought to leverage to maximum political effect. "I think September 11 was one of those great earthquakes that clarify and sharpen," Rice told the New Yorker six months afterwards. "Events are in much sharper relief."Ten years later the US...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/09/05/can_us_move_beyond_narcissism_of_911_262884.html

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