(The Center Square) – Approaching the 25-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an entire generation of young Americans are alive who were born after Sept. 11, 2001, and they’ve only ever known the U.S. to be at war.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush launched the Global War on Terrorism with the goal to destroy al-Queda, the Taliban and other terrorist organizations.
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