Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan mamayewar Afghanistan a shekara ta 2001, an sake nazarin ra'ayin mulkin mallaka na Amurka. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2001, 'yan bindiga masu farin ciki sun yi amfani da tutar Amurka a kan Kandahar kuma a cikin wani zane-zane da aka nuna a matsayin na uku bayan wadanda ke kan
San Juan Hill da kuma Iwo Jima. Dukkan lokuta, ya rubuta Neil Smith, ya bayyana burin Amurka na duniya. "An yi wa lakabi da War on Terrorism, sabon yakin yana wakiltar wani abin da ba a taɓa gani ba na Daular Amurka, wata dama ta uku ga ikon duniya".