# The September 11 Attacks Rebuilt Western Counterterrorism from the Studs by Marco Rubio > "On the 11th of September in the year of 2001, 19 men murdered 3,000 people here in my country. Then [the same jihadist enemy] struck Europe, murdering nearly 200 commuters aboard trains in Madrid in 2004 and 52 more aboard London buses and the Underground in the following year. The entire architecture of Western counterterrorism was rebuilt from the studs around the singular traumatic event." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source:** [direct transcript](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/). - **Source dossier:** [[research/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]]. - **Editorial treatment:** The bracket replaces Rubio's “that same enemy” with the jihadist enemy identified in the paragraph's opening. Rubio names the September 11, Madrid, and London attacks and concludes that the singular trauma rebuilt Western counterterrorism architecture. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Companion Reminder:** [[reminders/Counterterrorism/A Global Coalition Built Systems That Stop Terrorist Attacks Before the Public Hears by Marco Rubio|A Global Coalition Built Systems That Stop Terrorist Attacks Before the Public Hears]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Marco Rubio|Marco Rubio]] - [[wiki/National Defense|National Defense]] - [[wiki/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "On the 11th of September in the year of 2001, 19 men murdered 3,000 people here in my country. Then [the same jihadist enemy] struck Europe, murdering nearly 200 commuters aboard trains in Madrid in 2004 and 52 more aboard London buses and the Underground in the following year. The entire architecture of Western counterterrorism was rebuilt from the studs around the singular traumatic event." — Marco Rubio, Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-marco-rubio-the-september-11-attacks-rebuilt-western-counterterrorism-from-the-studs ```