In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The 2000s were marked by terrorism and a bipartisan desire to fight it.
Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it.
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.
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.
The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.
To a degree, the West is reaping what it sowed from a major strategic blunder in the aftermath of 9/11 - the entire concept of a war on technique, that is, terrorism. Defining the enemy when fighting a concept was impossible.
The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.
The war against terrorism is terrorism.
This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.