{"id":2028376,"date":"2023-09-11T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-9-11-the-end-of-america-as-we-knew-it-a-sobering-retrospective-22-years-in-the-making\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:40:35","slug":"was-9-11-the-end-of-america-as-we-knew-it-a-sobering-retrospective-22-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-9-11-the-end-of-america-as-we-knew-it-a-sobering-retrospective-22-years-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Did 9\/11 Mark the End of America as We Knew It? A Reflective Look After 22 Years."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwas-9-11-the-end-of-america-as-we-knew-it-a-sobering-retrospective-22-years-in-the-making%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028376&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Was 9\/11 The End of \u200bAmerica As We Knew It? A Sobering Retrospective 22 Years in the Making<\/h2>\n<p>Today is September 11.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a day of remembrance, of \u2063sorrow, and of humble reflection.<\/p>\n<p>9\/11 is remembered as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-claimed-capitol-riot-was-worse-than-9-11-victims-families-say-otherwise\/\" title=\"Leftists Claimed Capitol Riot Was Worse Than 9\/11. Victims\u2019 Families Say Otherwise.\">worst terrorist attack<\/a> on\u2063 American soil, ever,\u2064 and rightfully so.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2062a \u200dterrible black \u2063mark on American history.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-two years later, however, and it\u200d seems that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-11-million-undocumented-folks-the-vast-majority-overstaying-visas-breaking-down-joe-bidens-misleading-immigration-claim\/\" title=\"\u2018Over 11 Million Undocumented Folks \u2014 The Vast Majority Overstaying Visas\u2019: Breaking Down Joe Biden\u2019s Misleading Immigration Claim\">9\/11 terrorist attacks<\/a> \u200bare \u2063a darker stain on U.S. history than anyone could\u2019ve imagined.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founder and CEO of The Federalist, Sean Davis, posted a sobering retrospective \u2064on X, formerly Twitter, and, frankly,\u2063 it\u2019s hard to dispute any of his salient points that 9\/11 looks like the beginning of the end of America as everyone knew it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In hindsight, 9\/11 looks like it might have been \u200cthe beginning of the end of the American empire.<\/p>\n<p>It spawned the worst and\u2064 most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-9-11-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-american-empire\/\" title=\"Did 9\/11 Mark the Start of the American Empire's Decline?\">destructive foreign policy<\/a> in the country\u2019s history. The government response to 9\/11 \u2062birthed the constitutional \u200babomination that is the modern\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1701230793337516362?\">September\u200c 11,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first point that Davis makes is a harrowing reminder about the second most unconstitutional thing the government has done\u200c since the turn of the millennium: The Patriot Act.<\/p>\n<p>For the unfamiliar, The Patriot Act was a landmark act codified by then-President George W. Bush in\u200b 2001.<\/p>\n<p>In short, it \u200dgave sweeping new powers to the government, allowing them unprecedented access to Americans, and ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-9-11-the-end-of-america-as-we-knew-it-a-sobering-retrospective-22-years-in-the-making\/\" title=\"Did 9\/11 Mark the End of America as We Knew It? A Reflective Look After 22 Years.\">circumvent due process laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, it looks like \u2063George Bush walked so modern government officials could run.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2062 want to \u200dgo back a couple years to the wild government overreach that characterized the \u200cCOVID-19 response, or\u2063 just a couple days to the New Mexico governor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/albuquerque-da-refusing-enforce-governors-suspension-2nd-amendment-rights-clearly-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brazen gun grab<\/a>, it\u2019s clear that the DNA of The Patriot Act is alive and well \u2064today.<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019\u200b second point is perhaps\u200c even more alarming than the\u2064 first \u2014 9\/11 \u200cemboldened\u2063 America\u2019s out-of-control military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of disastrous and utterly unfruitful wars in \u2063Iraq and Afghanistan\u200b promptly followed the 9\/11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you would think that, given \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sick-new-detail-emerges-biden-gold-star-families-afghanistan-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic way<\/a> \u200cthat\u2064 President Joe Biden withdrew the troops from the Middle East, America would reconsider wantonly sending resources and American lives to address foreign conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>The untold billions \u200cof dollars that\u200d America \u2063continues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-announces-sending-significant-new-equipment-package-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to send\u200d to Ukraine<\/a> is proof positive\u2064 that the \u2064country\u2019s top officials haven\u2019t\u2062 learned squat from past errors. Or, \u2063if they have \u200dlearned something, they\u2019ve clearly learned all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-israeli-food-truck-was-disinvited-from-philadelphia-immigrant-business-showcase-backlash-ensued-so-entire-event-was-canceled\/\" title=\"An Israeli Food Truck Was Disinvited From Philadelphia Immigrant Business Showcase. Backlash Ensued, So Entire Event Was Canceled.\">wrong lessons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019 last point may not have the immediate reverberations that his other \u200btwo points two, but is \u200dstill yet another harrowing\u2062 takeaway\u2064 from the response to \u200d9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Namely, America accrued incredible debt during that time,\u2063 and no, that issue has\u200d not gotten any better with the three ensuing presidents that have followed Bush.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscaldata.treasury.gov\/americas-finance-guide\/national-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Treasury<\/a>, the country is over $32\u200b trillion in debt. That\u2019s a horrifying figure that future generations of Americans are being\u2063 saddled with.<\/p>\n<p>Look, it might be a bit\u200b hyperbolic to \u2062suggest that 9\/11 was, in fact, the end of \u2064the great American experiment \u2062as everyone knows it.<\/p>\n<p>But looking at the steps the country has taken following that horrific terrorist\u200c attack, it\u2019s inarguable that the country has irrevocably changed (just look at \u200cairports today, versus 1999) and it\u2019s\u2063 changed for the worse.<\/p>\n<p>So please, remember, grieve, mourn \u2014 do what you must today.<\/p>\n<p>But never forget the wildly wrong lessons \u200bthat America seems to have learned on that tragic \u2064day. The future of this country might depend on it.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/9-11-end-america-knew-sobering-retrospective-22-years-making\/\">Was 9\/11 The End of America As We Knew It? A Sobering Retrospective \u206322 Years in the Making<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, September 11, marks a solemn day of remembrance, sorrow, and reflection. The horrific 9\/11 terrorist attack remains the darkest stain on American soil, forever etched in history. 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