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摘要

Soon after the Twin Towers fell in 2001, the US government launched its War on Terror. Invoking political scientist Samuel P Huntingdon's rousing notion of 'the clash of civilizations', as well as philosopher and political economist Francis Fukuyama's 'end of history', the neo-cons had given birth to a new ideological war for the 21st century. An extraordinary glut of vivid titles emanated from the Republican propaganda machine, including the now memorable 'axis of evil' as well as the aborted moniker of America's military response: Operation Infinite Justice (quickly renamed Operation Enduring Freedom after certain Muslim lobbyists argued that 'infinite justice' could only be carried out by Allah).