William Pfaf of the NY Herald Tribune wrote that any US reaction that will hurt others would fan the flames of hatred and resentment against America. Francis Fukuyama wrote, in the French Le Monde, the shock of the attack on WTC may have some positive consequences on the American people like enhancing American national feelings so that it may overcome ethnic barriers that are still strong in American society.

Robert Fisk wrote in the British Independent that there would be immoral attempts to cover up the historical mistakes inflicted on Arabs that caused this stormy attack against America.