24-06-2013, 06:34 AM
The article is an opinion piece by Jakob Augstein, who is not representative of the opinion of "Der Spiegel". In the past he has often been very critical of U.S. and also of Israeli actions, for which he was promptly labelled an anti-semitist.
The most relevant literature regarding what happened since September 11, 2001 is George Orwell's "1984".