The al-Qaeda attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon constituted one of the great head fakes of history. As on the sporting field, when a player uses a deceptive move to trick an opponent, 9/11 led us in one direction when we should have been heading in another. To understand why, it is necessary to go back to that time and see in sequence the national mood and assumptions.
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