Kapuściński 's pronouncements on current affairs were noteworthy : he thought that the causes of the 9/11 tragedy , for example , were too complex to lend themselves to an exhaustively thorough analysis at present , although he offered an extensive and sophisticated exposition of some of the key elements of the puzzle in the '' Clash of Civilisations '' . He was critical on the '' Clash of Civilisations '' theory which he saw as an American vision of the world . He told a BBC interviewer right after the attacks : " I greatly fear that we will waste this moment . That instead of meaningful dialogue , it will just be gates and metal detectors "
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September 11 attacks
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