George W. Bush warns of the danger of domestic terrorism in the United States.
According to Reuters, George W. Bush, who was President of the United States at the time of the 9/11 attacks, warned of the threat of domestic terrorism in the United States in a statement on the twentieth anniversary of the attacks.
“We are witnessing a growing body of evidence that the dangers to our country are increasing, not only along our borders, but also because of the violence perpetrated by some extremist elements and groups,” Bush said Saturday in a speech at the 9/11 Memorial.
He added: “There are few cultural similarities between violent foreign and domestic extremists, but they are all the children of an evil spirit, and it is our constant duty to confront them.”
“The subversive forces continue to seek to undermine American interests around the world, so our political forces need to unite more and more to meet the challenges ahead,” Bush said, calling for the unity of the American people.
Former US President Donald Trump refused to attend the ceremony, and in another separate ceremony, he once again referred to fraud and fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Bush has rarely spoken publicly about the 9/11 attacks.
About 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, including more than 2,600 at the World Trade Center in New York. The hijackers used several passenger planes to carry out terrorist attacks against the Twin Towers of World Trade in New York after taking control of them.
The terrorists also attacked the Pentagon building outside Washington, D.C., with 67 British nationals among the victims.
The 9/11 attacks became an excuse to start what the United States called the war on terror. The US invasion of Afghanistan overthrew the Taliban government in 2001, but Western forces remained in the country for another two decades.
