I don’t think it’s disrespectful to say that, but the reason America is important is because the US, uniquely, has the ability to unilaterally retaliate, and dr

I don’t think it’s disrespectful to say that, but the reason America is important is because the US, uniquely, has the ability to unilaterally retaliate, and drive the world into 20 years of continuous war. Which is what happened. The many people killed in the WTC was surely a tragedy, but the number of people subsequently killed as a consequence of this day was far higher, and this is no less a tragedy. I think this is why it made headlines around the world. The bear had been kicked and we were all afraid of what it might do.