The world did not change on September 11th. The attitudes of most Americans, and many others around the world, towards the idea of the United States' *invincibility* changed.

There is nothing new about acts of terror/war of this magnitude. Many thousands have been killed in an hour of bombing in this era of violence we live in. How many thousands were killed in an instant at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How about Dresden? How many killed by US bombs around the world since WWII? How many killed by terrrorist bombs around the world since WWII?

Many, many thousands is the answer. They just weren't Americans.