(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many people in the United States think the country was more united right after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, than it is now, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 49 per cent of respondents share this view.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many people
in the United States
think the country was more united right after the terrorist attacks of Sept.
11, 2001, than it is now, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 49 per
cent of respondents share this view.
Conversely, 36 per cent of respondents
think the U.S.
is more united now than it was in the aftermath of the attacks.
Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked and crashed
four airplanes in the U.S.
on Sept. 11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people. In July 2004, the federal
commission that investigated the events of 9/11 concluded that "none of
the measures adopted by the U.S. government from 1998 to 2001 disturbed or even
delayed the progress of the al-Qaeda plot" and pointed out government
failures of "imagination, policy, capabilities, and management."
On Sept. 11, as he commemorated the eight
anniversary of the 9/11 events, U.S.
president Barack Obama declared: "Let us renew our resolve against those
who perpetrated this barbaric act. Let us renew our commitment to all those who
serve in our defence. Let us renew our common purpose."
Polling Data
Would you say the U.S. as a
country is more united now than in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?
|
Yes |
36% |
|
No |
49% |
|
Not sure |
15% |
Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,007
American adults, conducted from Sept. 3 to Sept. 5, 2009. Margin of error is
3.1 per cent.
