“After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.” GovernmentInterestSeeingSeptemberIncapableScopeSeptember 11 Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future.” KnowsImportantDevelopmentSeptemberScenariosSeptember 11 Author:Jurgen Habermas
“If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.” IfsWorldAbleEventsImpactHistoricalTerrorComparisonSeptemberWorld HistorySeptember 11Terror Attacks Author:Jurgen Habermas
“I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act” PoliticalImagineCrimeSeptemberMonstrousSeptember 11 Author:Jurgen Habermas
“The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11...only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.” GovernmentMediaDangerMonthsDetermineDetailsBetrayalChemicalsBetrayWarfareSeptemberBetrayedInabilityScenariosSeptember 11MagnitudeAmerican MediaChemical Warfare Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.” WorldFirstsRealityHouseFrontsEventsImpactCollapseSeptemberHistoricExplosionsSeptember 11World Events Author:Jurgen Habermas