Fouad Ajami on the Ways of American Memory After 9/11

Fouad Ajami writes Americans are perhaps too quick to forgive for 9/11.

Published Sep. 12 2011 4:17PM EDT

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The most amazing thing about remembering 9/11 was that there was hardly anything said about the assailants. We recalled the horror, but generously. Perhaps now and then, I thought, too generously.

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Fouad Ajami on the Ways of American Memory After 9/11

Fouad Ajami writes Americans are perhaps too quick to forgive for 9/11.

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