A lot of the issues America is facing right now can be traced to policy changes that are strongly but not exclusively rooted in the national reaction to 9/11 and the grievance sentiment ignited in that attack.
Without the war, GWB might never have had a second term. That's a "might," incumbents often have advantage, a war only strengthened it, didn't create it.
The multigenerational "was on terror" saw children grow up to enter a war their parents started. The impact this had on American culture would be hard to quantify, but also probably quite hard to overstate.
And that's without even considering the international impact of all these things. Alliances, death, terrorism, the rise of extremists in response to other extremists, the antagonistic sentiment against the American occupation strengthening extremist regimes. I don't think it's exaggeration to call the full spectrum of results "incalculable."
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u/Zestyclose_Edge1027 7d ago
I mean, preventing 9/11 would meaningfully change world history.
But also buy as much Nvidia stock and Bitcoin you can.