Morning Jolt: Nineteen Years Ago

On the menu today: recognizing that 19 years have passed since 9/11, why the presidential race in Nevada is more uncertain than usual this cycle, and what the defenders of the Netflix film Cuties refuse to acknowledge.

Nineteen Years Later, This Date Almost Feels Normal Again. Almost.

Nineteen years.

We don't really think about Islamist terrorism much anymore, do we? Back in 2018, I asked if that represents a form of victory in the War on Terror. Last year, I went through and noted how the leaders of the threat are long gone: "Osama bin Laden is fish food. Hamza bin Laden, Osama's son and heir, was killed earlier this year. The Taliban leader who hosted and protected al-Qaeda, Mullah Omar, is dead. We don't hear much from Ayman al-Zawahiri anymore. Al-Qaeda isn't even the big worry in Islamist terror anymore, compared to ISIS. One expert ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 11 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 11 2020 Nineteen Years Ago On the menu today: recognizing that 19 years have passed since 9/11, why the presidential race in Nevada is more uncertain than usual this cycle, and what the defenders of the Netflix film Cuties refuse to acknowledge. Nineteen Years Later, This Date Almost Feels Normal Again. Almost. Nineteen years. We don't really think about Islamist terrorism much anymore, do we? Back in 2018, I asked if that represents a form of victory in the War on Terror. Last year, I went through and noted how the leaders of the threat are long gone: "Osama bin Laden is fish food. Hamza bin Laden, Osama's son and heir, was killed earlier this year. The Taliban leader who hosted and protected al-Qaeda, Mullah Omar, is dead. We don't hear much from Ayman al-Zawahiri anymore. Al-Qaeda isn't even the big worry in Islamist terror anymore, compared to ISIS. One expert ...   READ MORE

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