Look Back in Anger at 9/11

“Sneering types dislike the contention that the United States was attacked ‘for its freedom.’ I do not. Regardless, we can surely agree that the United States was attacked with its freedom. The assailants took advantage of a welcoming immigration system; turned quotidian commercial products into catastrophic weapons; and centered their attack around a pair of iconic private buildings in which civilians convened to trade with one another.” - Charles Cooke @NR