AMERICANS FEAR ANSWERING THE QUESTION: "WHY DO THEY HATE US SO?" First cause then effect. As we are approaching the anniversary of the black Tuesday -- September 11, 2001 -- it is becoming increasingly clear: all the past year world political scientists and international media were absorbed in examining chiefly the latter part of this logical equation. Namely: the effect. A chilling and still incomprehensible terrorist attack on the world's most powerful nation. And a war in …showed first 75 words of 1316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1316 total…September 11 marked the birth of "private terror". From a state phenomenon it passed into private hands, but from the consumer's point of view the product "still bears the same label". Ruthless and devastating words. But the great author, who has lived seven long decades with his country, perhaps has the right to say them. The coming anniversary of the tragedy appeals to a deeper understanding of the tragedy than mere calls for fresh military strikes.