9/11 Changed the World in Many Ways. It Also Spawned the Digital Media Era

Possibly the most consequential fallout from 9/11, though, were so-called forever wars—open-ended conflicts that continue to haunt the US, sometimes as part of an overall “war on terror.” In October 2001, allied forces began combat operations in Afghanistan to expel al-Qaeda and the Taliban rulers who harbored them. In 2003, a second invasion commenced, in Iraq. While the American-led coalition that marched into Baghdad later managed to capture dictator Saddam Hussein, two other…