Thread by @YouGov

Do you remember where you were when you heard about the 9/11 attacks?

Yes - 80%
No - 10%
Not born/too young - 8%

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% of Britons who say the 9/11 attacks changed the world completely:

Sep 2011 - 53%
Aug 2021 - 42%

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On the 5th, 10th, and now 20th anniversaries of 9/11, we asked Brits how likely it is that they or a loved one would be killed in a terror attack.

% saying "almost non-existent" / "very unlikely"

2006 - 55%
2011 - 55%
2021 - 42%

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9/11 kicked off the War on Terror, a war that Barack Obama proclaimed to be over in 2013.

But Brits consider it to be ongoing. 43% say there is a war on terror, and it's important the West wins. 13% say it's not important the West wins.

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Do you think the UK's defence strategy should be more focused on…

Fighting conventional wars against other countries like Russia - 2%
Fighting unconventional wars against terror groups and insurgencies like ISIS - 26%
Both equally - 40%

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20 years after 9/11, Britons tend to believe it was wrong to invade Afghanistan (and Iraq)

Invading Afghanistan
Right - 32%
Wrong - 45%

Invading Iraq
Right - 26%
Wrong - 52%

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Are Britain and America winning the war on terror? We asked on the 5th, 10th and now 20th anniversaries:

2006
Winning 7% / Neither 50% / Losing 22%

2011
Winning 13% / Neither 61% / Losing 11%

2021
Winning 5% / Neither 44% / Losing 31%

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