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Destroying Illusions: Reflecting on 9/11 and the Afghanistan Debacle

Destroying Illusions: Reflecting on 9/11 and the Afghanistan Debacle
In this file photo, a flag adorns the 9/11 Memorial on the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site in New York on Sept. 11, 2013. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
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Tomorrow, America will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in human history, on Sept. 11, 2001.

Charlotte Allen
Charlotte Allen
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Charlotte Allen is the executive editor of Catholic Arts Today and a frequent contributor to Quillette. She has a doctorate in medieval studies from the Catholic University of America.
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