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Article: EXPERT VIEW: The huddled masses are our allies and not our enemies
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2001
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A rag-bag of refugees gathered in a London pub. In the week
following the attacks on the World Trade Centre, they had gravitated
by some unique force to London, as the closest they could get to
being back home. These were not Afghanis or Serbs, but New Yorkers -
each with friends or family missing. In the emotion of the hour, and
after much alcohol, we ended up bursting into song (not usual for
investment bankers): "God Bless America". It was then I looked around
me and realised not one of us was born American.
The world is in mourning, of a very special kind. Opinion polls
and surveys around the globe show that it is an emotion tinged with
fear. The determination and extremism of the new ...