And what happens to the US does not have an impact in France? Or Europe? Or Asia?

Your ignorance is astounding charles.

2 towers collapsed in NYC, so what ?
Did it have an influence on mentalities and self perceptions in Europe, Asia, Africa, or even Arabs ? Not at all.
I talk about Bin Laden.
Terrorism is nothing new for anybody except americans.

you're telling me the world didn't do things differently after 9/11.

are you kidding me, have you even been to an airport in the last 9 years, any airport, not just US?

not to mention all the economic costs and costs in lives.

Osama Bin Laden started a war with a superpower, that will effect the entire world.

It's a detail. (and what u say is partially wrong, i repeat terrorism is nothing new except for americans. Safety precautions in airports, but also stations, schools, industries, etc already existed before. It just have been enforced a little bit)

I'm talking about self perception of a nation (the USA) in regard to the world.

Before 2001, people in the USA thought they lived on an isolated island.
After 2001, americans understood that what they do in the world can have direct and terrible consequences in their own lives.

That's what I'm talking about.
But it's nothing new there for anybody except americans.

charles do you realize that people dont like you because you have never been wrong? and even when people point out your ignorance, you quickly change the subject?

you appear like you arent trying to engage in a discussion, but start an argument.

?!

"After 2001, americans understood that what they do in the world can have direct and terrible consequences in their own lives."

I'm pretty sure (but you can check french wikipedia) that the US expended lives saving/helping/aiding your country well before 2001.

"i repeat terrorism is nothing new except for americans"

Another uninformed statement. Please research Oklahoma City Bombings, Atlanta Olympics, Klu Klux Klan, Kent State, Hijacked Planes, The Unibomber, US Embassy Bombings, etc. The USA has a long history of dealing with incidents of terrorism on our own turf and abroad.