. >>> and we are back discussing the world after 9/11 with francis and roy stewart of the british parliamentank, when we look back historically, will we look at 9/11 as the moment that american decline began, that the united states extended itself in this vast series of wars, spent $2 trillion in some ways bankrupt, if not bankrupt itself but exploded the federal budget and china moved on and india moved on and brazil moved on? >> i think that shift was something that was going to happen regardless of 9/11. i think 9/11 played a role because i think the united states took that unipolar moment and thought it was going to last forever. it made a crucial mistake in invading iraq in response. couldn't have done that without september 11th. that led to this decline and prestige of american democracy and american idea around the world. >> what does it look like to you? does this seem like a replay of britain in its toward the end of its empire? is the iraq war the bora war? >> it's terrible because i think it was a form of hysteria, we'll look back in disbelief, not just iraq but also afghanistan.