The hijacking of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11, 2001, is more than usual. They changed the world. After the fall of the Wall, the West did something like break. Renowned political scientist Francis Fukuyama declared "the end of history" and politicians fantasically spoke of a "peace dividend". And on September 9, 2001, the first attack on American territory after Pearl Harbor took place. From the skies - in a literal and figurative sense. It's still a source of uncertainty to many today, a day that will resonate for a long time in the century that has just begun. the restriction of the private sphere, for cuts in the field of human rights or international law by the United States.
9/11 was more than a historic moment. It was a day that highlighted the underlying motive of the century - the fight against terror.