Amongst Americans who were alive at the time, no other day evokes as visceral a reaction as “September 11th, 2001.” It was a day where the illusion of safety and security were shattered for many. Some opined that the attacks that Tuesday morning were America’s ‘imperial chickens, coming home to roost.’ Others argued that the attacks illustrated the real and present danger of asymmetric warfare and thus justified pre-emptive military actions. Others were slower to draw conclu