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Irrational Fears After 9-11

The first argument in this article to support Irrational Fears after 9/11:

“That the American reaction to 9/11 attacks were irrational to a great extent and that to that extent Americans unwittingly cooperated with the terrorists in achieving a major goal: spreading fear and thus disrupting lives.”

The premise is:
The overwhelming reaction to 9/11 successfully contributed to the primary goal of terrorist to cause immediate damage and strike fear and disrupt lives of Americans.

Conclusion:
We could have reacted more rationally and as a result produced less disruption in the lives of our citizens.

The first argument is inductively strong. The author’s contention is true: if we agree that America overacted to 9/11, then it’s probably that. Unfortunately, we did help the terrorist succeed in frightening us to an irrational level.

In this argument, the premise does sufficiently support the conclusion. The terrorist accomplished exactly what they planned on doing by causing damage as well as instilling fear into Americans as shown by our reactions following the attacks.

The premise for this argument is plausibly true, due to the nature of the argument and how it’s presented by the author. He does provide strong support for his argument, however, it more of an opinion than fact.

The second argument in this article to support Irrational Fears after 9/11:

“We now have a new cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security; billions have been spent on beefing up security and in tracking terrorists and potential terrorists; billions more have been spent supporting airlines whose revenues took a nosedive after the attacks; the Congress was pulled away from other important business; the National Guard was called out to patrol the nation’s airports; air travelers have been subjected to time-consuming and expensive security measures; you can probably think of a half-dozen other items to add to this list.”

The premise is:
It is probable that a great...