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"in the post-9/11 world..." is a cliched phrase used to excuse the most egregious forms of oppressive policy.. try to CMV

A decade after the "(1st/2nd) attack on American soil" the "post 9/11 world" is still used as a valid argument. Have we learned nothing from the lies and deceit propagated during the run up to the US war in Iraq? Or what about the fact that there still exists known and unknown places like guantanamo bay and abu ghraib? Or how about the ever expanding and never ending additions to the patriot act, the NSA, and retroactive capabilities to detain? 

A question for those Gingrichy people who do think that "9/11 changes everything"... when will we stop living in the "post 9/11 world"? Or will more and more dystopian policy be the only result? Will the "post 9/11 world" end when the [unending] "war on terror/drugs" ends?
gpt
We will never stop living in the post-9/11 world. That's how time works. If/when the next big attack (of that scale) happens, it will be the post-*that* world.

9/11 changed *everything*. The US went from a confident, isolated, and secure nation to one that was suddenly questioning and doubting its isolation. There were people who could attack us from the outside, and people who could (and did) attack us from within. They got on an American plane in America and crashed into an American landmark, killing almost 3,000 people. **9/11 wasn't just a tragedy; it was a national-scale paradigm shift.**

Things could never be the same. The country had to make sure that no one could get on a plane and hijack it. But more than that-- they needed to totally revamp their infrastructure to make sure people would be safe. That is what post-9/11 is all about. That mentality of needing to restore that feeling we once had of national security. But it won't be the same, because instead of being passive now it's active.

And please, don't compare me to Newt Gingrich.