Published Sep 9, 2026, 8:45 PM ET · Updated 2 months ago · 1 source

US War on Terror failed due to overambitious aims

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The U.S. global War on Terror, initiated in response to the September 11th attacks with invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, ultimately failed because its aims to defeat a decentralized, stateless entity by remaking the world were too ambitious for U.S. power, mirroring the post-Pearl Harbor reaction but with different outcomes.