Years After 9/11, Experts Debate: Did Osama bin Laden Win?

More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, writers and analysts are split on whether the terrorist leader actually achieved his goals.

It has been many years since the 9/11 attacks shook the world. Today, people are still trying to figure out the impact of the man behind them, Osama bin Laden. Some experts and writers think that bin Laden actually won. They look at how the world changed after that day. They point to the long wars, the massive spending on security, and the way society has become more divided. From this point of view, he caused the exact kind of chaos he wanted. Others disagree. They look at his original goals and argue that he failed. They say his dream of a unified extremist movement never really happened…