"The bomber's words sound mainstream. Like he won!" President Bill

[alarimer]

5. Exactly.

That rhetoric is everywhere now. Because of social media. The internet was clearly a mistake, at least as it currently is

But his and subsequent administrations dropped the ball. Not sure why. Afraid of stirring a hornet's nest? Or pissing off right-wingers to the point they might have done worse things.

Instead, 9/11 distracted us into more than one pointless war against a foreign enemy, leaving domestic enemies free to become even more virulent.