Bush and Cheney

Was America’s response to the 9/11 attacks at the root of today’sinstability and terror?The events of September 11, 2001, set off a chain of global crises and civil perils that have normalised a climate of fear and conflict. These include the disastrous effects of regime-change operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, the war on terror, the rise of ISIS, and the growing existential threats of ecological and nuclear holocaust. Looking back, it is clear that the story of 9/11 has been used to legitimise and manufacture support for disastrous policies.In Bush and Cheney, Griffin argues that ripple effects of 9/11 have become so destructive and dangerous that a national reckoning has become essential, in the words of William Rivers Pitt, to stop ‘the dominoes of September’ from continuing to fall.

David Ray Griffin has been a professor of philosophy of religion and theology at the Claremont School of Theology in California for over 30 years. He is co-director of the Center for Process Studies there and the author or editor of over 20 books.

Was America's response to the 9/11 attacks at the root of today's instability and terror? Because of various factors, including climate change, ISIS, the war in Syria, the growing numbers of immigrants, and the growing strength of fascist parties in Europe, commentators have increasingly been pointing out that the chaos in the world today was sparked by the post-9/11 attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. At the same time, there has also been much discussion of ways in which the Bush-Cheney administration's response to 9/11 has damaged America itself by stimulating Islamophobia and fascist sentiments, undermining key elements in its Constitution, moving towards a police state, and in general weakening its democracy. While the first two parts of this book discuss various ways in which 9/11 has ruined America and the world, the third part discusses a question that is generally avoided: Were the Bush-Cheney attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq really at the root of the ruination of America and the world in general, or did the original sin lie in 9/11 itself?

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