Five years. Doesn’t seem like it, though. September 11, 2001. I’m not blogging about this because it’s the trendy thing for online political mavens to do… I’m paying honors to the heroes - to the fallen and to the survivors. I’m paying respects to the known heroes and to the unsung heroes. To the widows and to the orphans.
America, and all it’s people, were attacked by gutless pigs… Islamo-fascist cowards. They wanted fathers to be crushed. 
They wanted little girls to burn alive. They wanted elderly to be broken into pieces. They are evil. They validate that evil exists in our time. Never forget that evil exists. Never forget that with evil afoot your duty is to protect your friends, family, and country with your life. Never forget that evil knows no reason, nor mercy. Evil cannot be rehabilitated, nor reeducated. Either fight evil or surrender to it… and since they have professed that they will not stop until the entire United States converts to Islam that kinda narrows down the choices.
Thousands of people fled those burning towers, while hundreds of police, firemen, and emergency workers ran INTO the doomed buildings. That’s courage. Those are heroes. Don’t let politically correct pussification bind us, blind us, muzzle us, desensitize us, and dull our minds. Don’t listen to Hollywood idiots who can’t figure out why we’re “harping” on this event.
Our friends and family are being targeted by Islamo-crazies as we speak… 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Keep living free, and keep vigilant. Support out troops, and support the fight against evil. Find a fireman or cop you know (or mayber even one you don’t) and thank them… and when they say that they’re just “doing their job” you tell them that their job is a hero’s job and you’re thanking them for their courage. And then find your politicians and ask them why elderly wheelchair-bound Asian women are being frisked at the airport in response to a terror threat from young, male, Middle-Eastern, Muslim extremists. And then find your family and hold them close… because life is the frailest of things.
Most of all… never forget.
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I think the American public really needs to educate itself on why 9/11 has happened, not only from the widely circulated media that is ABC/CBS/CNN but also from other sources and perspectives. What is driving young moderate muslim arab men to fanatiscm, what is fueling the anger against the American government? Question the motives and policies of the Bush administration. Look past the rhetorics and the truth will be that much clearer.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14784142/
I’m deeply saddened that 5 years since, nothing much has changed.
Singaporean: Interesting article. I agree with many points in it.
WarAxe: You also make many valid points with regards to heros and cowards. We also have to support our troops regardless of where they are or why they are there. I only wish we had went after the real problem.
Singaporean: Holy cow. You just quoted an article about how the war on terror isn’t winning us friends? You might not be aware of this, but the WAR on TERROR is meant to KILL TERRORISTS. It’s not a popularity contest. You think leaving Iraq to insurgents will make things better? That wasn’t even the case BEFORE we went there. So I hope you’re not suggesting that we leave it worse than it started out.
There is no question that various actions taken by the US governement over the last, oh, 50 years have been unpopular with various peoples of the world.
I’ll just to a conclusion here. I think you’re suggesting something like “you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” I think it would be very naive to think that suddenly handing out iPods and Big Macs will make us instantly popular. Further, the US forces in Iraq are doing many things to improve the lives of Iraqis. Yes, we always see the scenes of violence. But they are out there offering medical assistance and rebuilding the country. And do you know why we don’t see that? Because murderous thugs would target those things if they were publicized. For the good of Americans and the Iraqis they are helping, a lot of that stuff is kept low key. Do the good deed and live with the fact that they won’t get credit for it.
The bottom line is the past is great and we should learn from it, but we’re sitting here in the present and we have to deal with that. Unless you have an extra fancy DeLorean around. Barring that, we need to make the most the situation at hand. It would be hard to deny, in my opinion, that stablizing Iraq is the best thing we can do.
Yeah, forget the fact too tat the guys I’ve talked to who were on the ground out there (both liberal and conservative) have told that the media coverage of what is going on over there is terribly wrong at best. Non-journalists who’ve talked with Iraqis will tell you that 9/10 are happy Hussein is gone.
I’m glad that the rape rooms run by Sadam’s sons are now closed and his sons burning in hell. Perhaps there are those of you who prefer the rape rooms. I wish there was as much anger over women being raped as there were by a prisoner on a leash.
Singaporean :: It’s pretty bold of you to inform an entire country that they don’t know why something on their own soil happened. Even so, nobody can explain pure evil… but it exists. If my family is being attacked I don’t need to know why before I kill the attacker… because it’s the WHAT that is important. Why do certain men rape little boys? Who the hell cares? Everyone has the option of whether or not to kill… whether or not to rape… whether or not to terrorize.
Nothing the US has done has ever deserved what the Islamo-fascists have done. Muslim extremists hate the US and hate Israel and hate the fact that Israel exists and will continue to exist as long as the US exists.
That’s like saying… You need to look long and hard at why I raped and murdered your wife… because it’s been five years since I did it and you STILL haven’t forced my idiot neighbor to ditch the pink lawn flamingos.
John and WarAxe: It is a good thing that Sadam and his sons are not around any more. Yet I do not see where they were involved in 9/11. Now everything is in shambles and we should stick around to make things right. Of course that means soldier’s lives are lost each day but it is our responsibility to get things going in the right direction. It is also the Iraqis responsibility to take over as soon as possible and to stand up for themselves. Until that happens, whenever the US does decide to exit, chaos will take over. The United States was created by people who stood up against their former rulers for what they believe in. They also believed in a separation of church and state. Religion can really F things up. It has been that way in the Middle East forever.
It is not a popularity contest, but we should be aware of how our actions are perceived.
Why haven’t we captured Osama yet? If we put as much effort into that as we have the Iraq war, you’d think we’d have him by now. I believe he is where our efforts should have been directed.
You I had a cousin over in Iraq and you know he didnt jump on a gernade or get shot but he is damn well a hero in my book and to all those who say we shouldnt be there can kiss my ass because you grow some balls and enlist I did due to ship october
Military people are heros without a doubt. Better yet, they are being recognized by the people now after such a long baby-killer attitude that had been adopted by civilians after Vietnam. In fact, I heard of a man attending the naval academy who was in New York after 9/11. A woman went up to him, put a bill in his hand and said, “Here’s some money for parking.” He opened his hand and saw a 100 dollar bill.
I do think that we have to put an end to terrorism, and that will most likely be a very violent process. At the same time, I must voice caution. Whenever we go to war with another nation, we must be sure certain requirements have been met. In being Catholic, I look to the Cathecism of the Catholic Church, which does provide parameters for wars and revolts.
(1) “The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain”. This has been met.
(2)”All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective.” I don’t think this was met to the degree that would require us to take over Iraq. It seemed that we just said, “Hey, we think you got some bad stuff in your country, so we’re gonna take it away.” Then again, my memory is kind of faultering about the begginning of the war.
(3)”There must be serious prospects of success. This has been met”
(4) “The use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.” Americans are the best soldiers in the world when it comes to not inducing collateral damage.
Another point of the Cathecism is in #2312. “The Church and human reason both assert the permanent validity of the MORAL LAW DURING ARMED CONFLICT. ‘The mere fact that war has regrettably broken out does not mean that everything becomes licit between warring parties.’” This goes hand in hand with the preachings of a Polish martyr speaking out against communism in the 1980’s.
“Do not struggle with violence. Violence is a sign of weakness. All those who cannot win through the heart try to conquer through violence. The most wonderful and durable struggles in history have been carried on by human thought. The most ignoble fights and most ephemeral successes are those of violence. An idea which needs rifles to survive dies of its own accord. An idea which is imposed by violence collapses under it. An idea capable of life wins without effort and is then followed by millions of people.”
If we don’t be careful, we will be dragged into barbarity alongside the Muslims. We will use violence when there is no other viable option, but that must be the only time.
The only way this war could turn into another Vietnam as the democrats like to say, is if we try to lose this war, and that would be a sickening waste of lives.
@John3Sobieski
You bring up some good points… and a good warning. The biggest question is always one of balance - where’s the line - what’s appropriate response.
I once took a class on this [insert snickers here]
…ok, though, seriously - as part of my military officer training we were required to complete classroom instruction on “Just War Theory”. This was not a cakewalk and required serious and deep analysis of what determines when a war is “just”. Not easy… but oh so vital to achieving a balance between the meta-extremes of imperialism and surrender… and the practical-extremes of global-policing and global-appeasement/consensus.
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