A reason for relief. The constructive aspect of post-11 September seems solidly in place, and that's a reason for relief. One has now to avoid resting on this first outcome, and not forget the most difficult moment still to come.
What do I call, with doubtless inadequate terminology "constructive aspect"? Instead of seeking a dangerous definition, I prefer pointing the those elements that it contains:
- the idea of a "clash of civilisations", the West against Islam, was forcefully rejected...