World Trade Center

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r the attacks, I had a feeling that somehow the majority of our allies don’t understand the significance of the threats that those attacks bear. As if ‘didn’t happen to us, you know’ message was spoken by representatives of some countries, condemning the attacks but at the same time not calling the events ‘acts of war’, not realizing that, in fact, they were the acts of war.

Many countries, in return for their coalition with U.S., demanded something in return. Various countries saw this as opportunistic time to expand their powers, political and military alike. Pakistan asked our government to ‘forget’ about its debt to U.S. India pressured U.S. to influence the resolution of Kashmir conflict. Russian president Putin, declaring his support and alliance with U.S., also pointed out that Chechnya couldn’t be viewed outside the context of the combat against terrorism {CNN}. For a long time, Russia has been pressured by U.S. and European Union in i...