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22 years later: America's journey from an impenetrable fortress to a power in decline

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22 years later: America's journey from an impenetrable fortress to a power in decline

The first day in a long time that challenged the idea that government exists to keep us safe.

Jordan Schachtel
Sep 11, 2023
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America was an impenetrable fortress.

That’s at least what the news and the believably competent people in charge said at the time.

We just assumed that nobody would ever mess with us.

Until one day, the Twin Towers came crashing down.

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