They have very short memories when it comes to their own failings. There have been over 20 attempted terrorist attacks since 9/11. Anthrax, Richard Reid, JDL, El Al Ticket Counter, DC Sniper, Univ of OK stadium, Chapel Hill, Heathrow/US bomb plot, SFR SUV, Illinois mall, Trolley Square, Fort Dix, Knoxville Unitarian Church, on and on and on.
Apparently a black man can't do anything without "getting lucky"... that's their claim for the several failed attacks under Obama, and yes, as you say, they ignore the many other attacks after the worst one in America history, 9/11, and try to say Bush kept us safe but Obama is weak on terror... just typical racist hypocrisy.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.