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I?study?political?violence?for?a?living.,?yet?I,?too,?am?shaken?and?unsure?how?to?react.?As?I?sit?here?today?in?my?office,?only?a?few?miles?from?the?still-burning?Pentagon,?images?of?the?slaughter?in?my?native?New?York?dominate?my?thoughts.?It?makes?it?hard?to?concentrate?on?work,?and?it?makes?the?everyday?things?seem?so?trivial.?Only?now,?twenty-four?hours?after?the?tragedy?began?to?unfold,?have?I?begun?to?realize?how?this?has?affected?me?on?so?many?levels.? As?an?American,?I?feel?threatened?and?confused,?where?only?yesterday?I?felt?proud?and?invincible?.?As?a?citizen?of?the?global?community,?I?have?been?shocked?into?the?reality?of?the?reach?of?global?terrorism.?As?a?human?being,?I?am?appalled?at?the?cruelty?and?inhumanity?of?these?acts?of?terrorism.?As?someone?who?hopes?to?understand?unspeakable?acts,?I?am?at?a?loss?to?understand?this?one,?perhaps?because?it?hits?so?close?to?home.? I?know?only?these?things:?Someone,?for?some?reason,?has?decided?to?strike?at?the?United?States.?Despite?the?many?people?killed,?the?intended?target?of?this?attack?was?American?power.?The?goal?was?to?strike?a?paralyzing?fear?into?the?hearts?and?minds?of?all?citizens?of?the?U.S.,?and?perhaps?its?allies?as?well.?Thus,?we—all?of?us—?are?the?real?targets?of?this?attack.?This?explains?why?many?of?us,?even?those?of?us?who?were?not?near?the?attacks,?or?who?knew?no?one?affected?by?them,?felt?this?tragedy?so?deeply.? Yet?we?must?not?succumb?to?fear,?for?if?we?do?the?terrorists?have?won.?Surely?our?lives?will?be?different?now.?We?may?be?more?aware,?more?inconvenienced,?more?insecure.?But?we?must?learn?to?deal?with?this?tragedy?and?to?move?on,?to?live?our?lives?as?fully?and?as?entirely?as?before.?I?came?to?my?office?today,?even?though?classes?here?have?been?cancelled,?to?live?my?life?as?normally?as?possible,?for?to?do?so?in?the?face?of?yesterday’s?terrorist?attacks?is?itself?an?act?of?defiance. 我是学政治暴力为生，但我也很动摇和不确定如何反应。当我今天坐在这里在我的办公室，只有几英里从静止燃烧的五角大楼，屠宰在我的家乡纽约图片主宰了我的想法。这使得它很难专心工作，这让日常的东西显得如此微不足道。现在只