Friday, a quarter-century since the 9/11 attacks, marks an important milestone in our nation's history.

It's a fitting moment to take stock of the Global War on Terrorism, launched by President George W. Bush in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

First, the good news: There hasn't been another major attack on the homeland since that terrible day.

Full credit here to America's intelligence agencies and homeland-security professionals — the systems that they put in place in 2001 are holding their own.

And it's a safe bet that, with the addition of artificial intelligence, those systems will only get stronger.

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Journalist Peter Bergen is back again with another book about terrorism, just in time for the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It's a history of the failed strategies of successive American presidents who have prosecuted our "Global War on Terror," or GWOT, since that fateful day.

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One year ago today, Hamas officials in Qatar narrowly escaped death. On September 9, 2025, Israel launched an airstrike on a Hamas meeting in Doha. The strike failed to wipe out Hamas's upper ranks. But it was an explosion that rocked the Middle East. It brought the Persian Gulf into the war. And it blew apart the pretense that Qatar had been a neutral arbiter since October 7, 2023.

Among the Hamas officials targeted in the Israeli strike were the group's then-Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, and senior politburo members Mohammed Darwish and Mousa Abu Marzouk. This trio has resided in Qatar since the group established a terrorist headquarters there in 2012. It's time for America to demand their extradition.

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President Trump's Operation Economic Outcast is unleashing a painful wave of financial sanctions on the Iranian regime and its economic enablers.

The plan has a reasonable chance of success. Regime figures are already expressing concern about the Iranian economy, which was collapsing long before the current war erupted.

Still, the Trump administration can dial up the pressure further by weakening the regime's network of terrorist proxies.

Since the 1980s, the Iranian regime has preferred to fight its enemies by proxy, keeping conflict far from its borders. In so doing, the regime has been able to engage in hostile acts against the United States, Israel and other regional actors with little risk.

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President Donald Trump has tried everything from negotiations to military force to blunt Tehran's nuclear, missile, and regional aspirations. He has now settled on economic pressure. The president deserves significant credit for his willingness to tackle this challenge, including his decision to strike the Islamic Republic with the aid of the Israelis earlier this year.

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