Before 9/11, absolutely, there were concerns about terrorism; but the world fundamentally changed.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.
Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it.
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.
The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted a fundamental shift in the American government's approach to Islamic terrorism.
September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away.
Less about politics, 'The Path to 9/11' focused on the emergence of radical Islamic terror as a clear and present American threat.
After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.
Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism.
The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.