> the US has never been attacked on its own soil before in the modern age, except for 9/11, and the results there were catastrophic.

except for when the Brits burned Washington DC in Aug 1814.

And there was this little thing at someplace named after a rental car company, "Alamo" I think.

You could argue that the wars with the various indigenous people were not fought on US soil, because the soil wasn't "ours" until after we beat them.

Oh, wait, you said "in the modern age". Ok, so since WWI, no one has attacked the US.

So Pearl Harbor doesn't count?