September 11 and October 7: Ends of Cinematic Immunity
The article focused on the damage to stereotypes of strength and security following the September 11, 2001 attacks and October 7, 2023. The events demonstrated that countries considered militarily strong, such as the United States and Israel, were not fully protected and that enemy threats could arrive at any moment. It emphasized that these two incidents revealed that military power alone does not guarantee security and that it is essential to rely on realism and strategic humility, acknowledging the enemy's capacity for innovation and surprise execution. This led to the shattering of the illusions of invulnerability that had been ingrained through cinema and propaganda. The article concludes that humility and understanding of reality are the way to achieve more sustainable security and to avoid the illusions of false heroism.
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