It's Been 25 Years Since the Twin Tower Attacks. Did the Terrorists Win?

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I had a conversation with Barack Obama during his second presidency about the nature of terrorism. I had already been talking for a few minutes about how Islamic terrorism did not constitute an existential threat to Americans, but rather a chronic and manageable risk. I already knew that argument in memory, after all, I had conducted an interview with John Kerry in 2004, in which he stated that terrorism could be reduced by a “monoesty,” a state…