[TravelisSubversive]

In the days following the attacks, President George W. Bush’s approval rating peaked at 90 percent. His response as a strong Commander-in-Chief at Ground Zero clearly echoed with the majority of a bereaving country who were expecting some signal of decisive action. For the first time in history Article 5 of NATO’s Washington Treaty was invoked and an attack on one was perceived as an attack on all, becoming a rallying cry throughout much of the world. The international community mobilized around an agreed upon security and military response with a global mandate by the United Nations to invade Afghanistan, not as retribution or as a form of punishment, but in order to destroy Al Qaeda cells that were operating out of the country and being state-supported by the Taliban. America, and indeed the world, was shaken, but it was looking more unified than it had been in a very long time.

So what happened? Read more on my reflections today at Travel is Subversive. http://travelissubversive.com/2011/09/1 ... s-9112001/