{"id":2299,"date":"2014-09-11T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2014-09-11T08:44:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T12:44:46","slug":"13-years-after-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2014\/09\/13-years-after-9-11.html","title":{"rendered":"13 years after 9-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I honestly don’t have much left to say that I have not said already<\/a>. But it is worth at least remarking on this, the anniversary of the attacks, that the global challenges facing the world today have almost nothing to do with terrorism or Islamic fanaticism. Yes, we have threats like ISIS to grapple with, but as the President said in his speech yesterday<\/a>:<\/p>\n

this is not our fight alone. American power can make a decisive difference, but we cannot do for Iraqis what they must do for themselves, nor can we take the place of Arab partners in securing their region. And that\u2019s why I\u2019ve insisted that additional U.S. action depended upon Iraqis forming an inclusive government, which they have now done in recent days. So tonight, with a new Iraqi government in place, and following consultations with allies abroad and Congress at home, I can announce that America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The simple truth is that our response to 9-11 – the Afghan campaign and the Iraq War – directly led to the chaos the region faces today, including ISIS – far worse chaos than before our intervention. Had Saddam Hussein stayed in power, we would have seen the Arab Spring reach Iraq on its own, and all the young men who join militias today, toddlers during the war, might have grown up dreamy-eyed revolutionaries for democracy rather than radicalized forces for sectarianism and\/or jihad. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, global warming has already progressed to the point where even if all the countries of the world fully committed to their targets for carbon reduction, we still are guaranteed a minimum 2 degrees increase in global temperature<\/a> over the next century, which will have profound effects on mankind, especially Asia and the Subcontinent. <\/p>\n

Just imagine if we had spent the $2 Trillion cost of the Iraq War<\/a> on health care and global warming?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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