Without 9/11 Bush wouldn't of had any good reason to release the Patriot Act, without 9/11 the Economy would be in much better shape. Without 9/11 we wouldn't be at war right now. Face it, there's a lot of stuff that may or may not have happened had 9/11 not happened, but we'll never know what that stuff would've been. I am curious about whether or not the War on Iraq would've happened though.