Occasionally, I think about the 1993 World Trade Center terrorist bombing, which was shocking and horrific in itself, and how no countries were bombed in retaliation. The conspirators were arrested, tried, and sent to prison.

That's what I expected to happen after 9/11. Instead, Bush, Cheney, and the New American Century people encouraged Americans to be their worst selves for the sake of their own political, financial, and imperial ambitions.