US over-reacted to 9/11 attacks, says new Oxford Univ chief
June 03, 2015 18:42
The US over-reacted to the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 as the country lacked exposure to violent extremism, a leading UK academic has said.
The newly appointed first female vice-chancellor of Oxford University Louise Richardson who is also an expert on terrorism also said the British population was far more resilient than the Americans.
"Central to any terrorism campaign should be a resilient population and, I have to say, the British population in the course of the Troubles and violence in Northern Ireland proved really quite resilient. Far more so than the United States," Louise, 56, said during a panel discussion on universities and extremism hosted by the British Council.
"And the scale of the reaction - I would say over-reaction - in the United States to the 9/11 atrocity was reflective of the fact that it was such a new experience for the US," she said.
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