Enemies of freedom committed an act of war against America / r George W. Bush
t The attacks were God's punishment for America's actions against Islam / r Osama bin Laden
t Osama bin Laden wants to drive the West from the Islamic world / r James S. Robbins
t The attacks were part of militant Islam's war against America / r Daniel Pipes
t The terrorist attacks were not the result of U.S. actions / r Peter Beinart
t U.S. policies in Islamic lands are a root cause of the terrorist attacks / r Faisal Bodi
t The terrorists were waging a war the United States began / r Samuel Francis.
"Blowback" from U.S. foreign policy is partially to blame for the attacks / r Chalmers Johnson
t The financial backing of terrorist groups must be targeted / r Jim Hoagland
t The United States should seek alternatives to military action / r Joyce Neu
t The terrorist attacks should be treated as acts of war / r Gary Dempsey
t The terrorist attacks should be treated as international crimes / r David Held
t Bombing Afghanistan is the wrong response to the terrorist attacks / r Matthew Rothschild
t Bombing Afghanistan was a necessary step in the war against terrorism / r Michael Kelly
t The attacks revealed America's lack of preparedness against terrorism / r Franklin Foer.
The terrorist attacks clarified the meaning of good and evil / r William J. Bennett
t Evil is too simplistic an explanation for the terrorist attacks / r Joel Bleifuss
t The world must respond to the attack on New York City / r Rudolph W. Giuliani
t The attacks revealed the importance of the public sector / r Jeff Faux
t The attacks marked the end of the post-cold war era / r Robert D. Kaplan.