9/11 response
War on terror
The 9/11 response refers to actions taken in reaction to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
This encompasses immediate emergency measures—rescue operations, medical care, airspace closure—as well as longer-term policy changes: the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, passage of the Patriot Act, and military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The 9/11 response reshaped American foreign policy for a generation.
- war on terrorCampaign against militant violence
- axis of evilNamed hostile state grouping
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- IraqMiddle Eastern republic
- TSAAirport screening agency
bin Laden · airport security · see something say something · surveillance · intelligence · enhanced interrogation · first responders · ground zero · United 93 · Flight 93 · pentagon · firefighters · NYPD · trauma · grief · unity · retaliation · invasion
9/11 responseinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · doing nothing · paralysis · appeasement · acquiescence
9/11 responseisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
non-interventionism · withdrawal · disengagement · America First · neutrality
9/11 responseprivacy protection
Safeguarding personal information from exposure