Remembering the worldview that inspired 9/11
Anniversaries are occasions for remembrance. This week, 25 years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans will rightly remember the nearly 3,000 innocent people murdered that morning, the families they left behind, and the firefighters, police officers, passengers, and other ordinary Americans who responded with such great courage.
TL;DR
- The 19 al Qaeda terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks were motivated by Osama bin Laden's indictment of the U.S. and Western civilization.
- Bin Laden viewed the U.S. as an oppressive imperial power that provoked the violence directed against it.
- The article identifies similar criticisms of capitalism, racism, and Western civilization in the rhetoric of some Democratic candidates and socialist movements.
- Examples cited include Democratic nominees Aber Kawas, Melat Kiros, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Abdul el Sayed, as well as the Democratic Socialists of America.
- The author contends that leftist extremism and political Islam share an adversarial stance against the West, viewing its power as the source of colonialism and exploitation.
- The article criticizes contemporary proposals for governmental restructuring, such as those by the DSA, as antithetical to American founding principles.
- It concludes by advocating for caution in immigration policies and refusing to legitimize or elevate those who share bin Laden's worldview.