Half of Americans think post-9/11 wars were worth it, poll shows

Half of Americans think post-9/11 wars were worth it, poll shows Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 16:43 The same number of people seem to agree that Muslims are the worst-treated group in the United States Pedestrians standing on the Brooklyn waterfront look across the East River towards the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, New York on 11 September 2001 (Henny Ray Abrams/AFP) Off Nearly half of Americans believe their country's military operations and surveillance infrastructure that followed the 11 September 2001 attacks have been "worth it", according to a YouGov poll published on Wednesday. Nearly the same amount also believe that Muslims have been the most mistreated group since the attacks, the results showed. The questions come ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York City, after four planes were hijacked and two of them flown into the towers.