Much has happened since the series of deadly events on Sept. 11, 2001 that terrified Americans and kept us all glued to our television sets for days on end when 2,977 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were injured.
But more terrifying for some Americans and millions of people across the globe have been the actions that our political leaders in Congress and four administrations have carried out in response to the carnage on that day in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
They have funded and orchestrated the Global War on Terror (GWOT) for the past 21 years to root out terrorism in the Middle East and beyond - across 85 countries, no less. This ongoing full-spectrum program ranges from the overt violence delivered by the U.S. military machine to the devastating effects of intimidation through political, media, economic, and financial manipulations.
At what cost?...