The Legacy of 9/11 and the War on Intellectuals admin, September 10, 2011August 17, 2024 Truthout & Huffington Post Sept. 10-11, 2011: Ten years after 9/11, for the first time, a plurality of Americans recognizes that US policy in the Middle East played a major role in the attacks. As a Middle East specialist, I engaged in scores of interviews and wrote a number of widely circulated articles in the days, weeks and months following the terrorist strikes arguing this very point… Terrorism Truthout US Foreign Policy War on Terror