Twenty years after 9/11, is the war on terror coming to an end with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan?

This war destroyed American power abroad and democracy at home. What comes next may be no better.

Light beams in the place of twin towers in memory of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York. Photo by Marcela McGreal, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, an era has come to an end.