“Wherever you are, death will find you, even if you are in towers strong and high! So what is wrong with these people, that they fail to understand these simple words?” (Qur’an:4:78)
The events of 9/11 marked the beginning of what would become a decade of war.
9/11 marked the beginning of what would become a decade of war.
On September 12, America awoke to the world’s sympathy; an unrivalled opportunity to transform the world for the better, but all Washington wanted was retribution.
Just as Osama bin Laden had hoped, a series of mismanaged and misconceived wars in the Muslim world ensued. Wars that have bankrupt America financially, militarily and perhaps most detrimentally, in its global standing
Was the global ‘war on terror’ a cynical pretext for neocon policy hawks and the vested interests of the military industrial complex; or a war of necessity against a new type of global enemy?
Has the killing of Osama bin Laden meant the death of al-Qaeda, or was any hope of claiming that victory superseded by the Arab Spring?
So many lives lost, so many millions squandered, so many opportunities wasted; as the global political order starts to shift, does the US regret its “stupid war”?
Creation is the product of synchronizing our energy with the universe. Once we experience the whole and recognize it, we become aware that we are nothing but the Divine Creative Force.
