Americans’ anger following the attacks drove them to support policies that they once would have considered inconceivable. In the name of the “global war on terror,” they have tolerated torture; accepted – and even endorsed – the illegal invasion of Iraq; and allowed innocent civilians to become collateral damage of mechanical drone strikes.
受到袭击的美国人怒不可遏，以至于开始支持曾经认为不可想象的政策。在“全球反恐战争”的名义下，他们容忍了虐待，接受——甚至支持——对伊拉克的非法入侵；并放任平民成为无人机空袭的附带受害者。