I was driving home after my evening classes
when I heard about the terrorist attacks on my car radio. At first I thought it
was a hoax like the one Orson Wells did on October 30, 1938 on his radio
broadcast dramatizing a Martian invasion of Earth causing a nationwide panic.
When I was home seeing the TV news reporting live about the attacks, I knew it
was not a bad joke but a horrible incident still going on.
Although Taiwan has never been targeted by
terrorists, 911 Incident more or less complicates those who need to frequently
travel internationally or domestically by air. For example, check-in time
advances and security check procedures like taking off shoes inconvenience.
However, for the sake of safety, passengers can’t do anything but comply.
Most of the characters masterminding the
911 plot were eliminated by either American special ops units or unmanned
aerial vehicles, but we still can’t let loose our defense mechanism. The détente
of the West and the Islamic World called for by political science scholars still
has a far fetch. When can we expect the peace to come?
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