Original sentence: -led coalitions.In the aftermath of the attacks, the claim that they had "changed the world forever" became commonplace.The Bush administration's response was to declare a controversial War on Terror, intended primarily to retaliate against those believed to be responsible, but with a stated long-term goal of preventing the emergence of other terrorist networks by means including economic and military sanctions against states percieved as "harboring terrorists", and increasing global surveillance and intelligence-sharing.The U.The most drastic measures this war involved were the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq by U.was not the only nation to increase its military readiness, with other notable examples being the Philippines and Indonesia
Edited sentence: A new War on Terror was subsequently ushered in by the Bush administration because, among other reasons offered, the perpetrators of terror were said to hate the freedom of Americans.Military exercises were stepped up across the globe, including in the Phillipines and Indonesia.Some in high places in the US government declared that the attacks of September 11th, 2001 changed the world forever.The military forces of the United States invaded Afghanistan and later Iraq