America Won the War on Terror
A look at the bottom line.
September 8, 2026
A look at the bottom line.
There is a broad consensus among experts, scholars, and pundits that the War on Terror that George W. Bush set in motion after the September 11 attacks should be judged a failure—from the missteps in Iraq to people taking their shoes off at airports. But Tod Lindberg, considering the effort as a whole, argues that this evaluation is wrong. First, there is the bottom line:
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There is a broad consensus among experts, scholars, and pundits that the War on Terror that George W. Bush set in motion after the September 11 attacks should be judged a failure—from the missteps in Iraq to people taking their shoes off at airports. But Tod Lindberg, considering the effort as a whole, argues that this evaluation is wrong. First, there is the bottom line:
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