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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror | Official Trailer | Netflix
Transcript
00:00 It was a beautiful fall morning.
00:02 There was the loudest noise I had ever heard.
00:05 And it got dark.
00:07 Pieces of this story continue to come together.
00:12 I've never seen anything like this.
00:16 I whispered into the president's ear,
00:20 America is under attack.
00:22 I am convinced military action
00:26 will not prevent acts of terrorism.
00:29 We both don't know where they're shooting from.
00:31 Keep moving, keep moving.
00:34 There's before 9/11 and there's after 9/11.
00:36 In the 1990s, we were fixated on a new world order
00:42 that would spread democracy throughout the world.
00:44 9/11 brought war home.
00:49 It made America afraid.
00:51 The NSA said, "Take as much data as we can."
00:55 This was the electronic version
00:56 of an unauthorized government raid on your house.
00:59 The United States had to punish those
01:02 responsible for these attacks.
01:03 There was no higher mission than finding Osama bin Laden.
01:08 The perpetrators of terrorism
01:09 only understand the use of force.
01:12 They knew all along these major problems
01:16 that were gonna prevent us from winning.
01:18 No one even really mentions 9/11 anymore.
01:24 That to me, that's the whole reason that I'm over here.
01:27 Any power without constraint always leads to abuse.
01:32 September 11th changed the world.
01:36 Let's think through our actions today
01:40 so that this does not spiral out of control.
01:43 (dramatic music)
01:46 (airplane engine roaring)
01:50 (dramatic music)
01:52 (airplane engine roaring)
01:56 (dramatic music)
01:59 (airplane engine roaring)
02:02 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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