8 Years Since That Day
Tags: 9/11.
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We all know it is fading from our memory – its there and it will remain with all of us, but the immediacy of the event is long gone. There is, perhaps, a thought that – just maybe – they’ll try again this September 11th, but the general conviction is that we’ve got a handle on those who would harm us at home. Meanwhile, Iraq has faded from view as victory was secured and while Afghanistan is heating up, the President isn’t calling us to support the troops and the left isn’t calling for us to surrender…so passions are stilled in the War on Terrorism.
And yet, it goes on.
Our soldiers are battling our most deadly enemies – we hope with clear direction from the White House, but we’ll only know this in the event. If our arms are continually crowned with victory as they were 2001-09, then we’ll know that Obama is providing proper leadership as Commander in Chief…if we start to falter, then we’ll know where the problem lies. It may be years before we know – unless the enemy does manage to land a big hit on us, here at home.
It could be that the enemy has learned not to overly rouse us. To be sure, Obama gives every sign of being unwilling to hit back, hard, but the enemy cannot be sure that Obama won’t find his spine if we’re heavily attacked. Given this, the enemy might be concentrating effort in other fields. In Afghanistan, of course – but more importantly in Pakistan and in other backwaters of the world where civilization penetrates feebly, if at all.
They are probably recruiting Americans, too – criminals in prison, and fools out of prison, bamboozled in to thinking that America is the problem. Jeremiah Wright was just the tip of an iceberg of idiots when he opined that our chickens are coming home to roost…as if stalwart support of freedom is a chicken we should be wary of. Given the way people like Wright end up lauding people like Castro, I guess this does make some sort of twisted sense. And for every Wright we see there are a hundred below the radar…being filled with hate, and perhaps being filled with a means of acting upon that hate. It is my view that the next major terrorist attack in America will be carried out by Americans, or at least by people long domiciled in America and indistinguishable in their daily life from the average run.
We must, from time to time, remember That Day – the knowledge that you are to be hanged in a fortnight concentrates the mind, it is said…the thought that we might be attacked in another 9/11 should concentrate our minds equally well. They are just waiting for our guard to slip – an unguarded hour, and thousands of us will be dead.
We must, additionally, remember those who have died fighting the enemy – and who continue to fight the enemy, today. They are out there, all the time – one of them happens to be the son of a friend of mine, bravely volunteering to go in to the theater of war to do his bit. All of us are probably only separated by a degree from someone who is or has laid it on the line, if you think about it. And so, a prayer is offered:
Thank you for visiting Blogs For Victory. If you enjoy our content, please consider making a donation to help us cover the costs of our servers.For our Commander-In-Chief, President Barack Obama and our political and military leaders that they may tirelessly seek peaceful settlements to international disputes; we pray to the Lord:
That the Lord may preserve the members of our Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and Air Force from all harm; we pray to the Lord:
That even in war, we may keep clearly before us the defense of all human rights, especially the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; we pray to the Lord:
That the families, relatives and friends of our military members may be strengthened in this time of concern and anxiety; we pray to the Lord:
That the Lord may help families with men and women in the armed forces to cope with daily challenges in the absence of their loved ones; we pray to the Lord:
That our homeland will be preserved from violence and terrorism; we pray to the Lord:
That the nations of the world will seek to work together in harmony and peace; we pray to the Lord:
That the hearts of all men and women will be moved to pursue true peace and justice; we pray to the Lord:
That violence may be overcome by peace; that weapons of destruction be transformed into tools of justice, and hate give way to true charity; we pray to the Lord:
That grateful for and inspired by those veterans who have given their lives for our country we may bravely face the challenges ahead; we pray to the Lord
Mark Noonan is co-author (with Matt Margolis) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Nevada News and Views. Follow Mark on Twitter.
13 Responses to “8 Years Since That Day”
Caucus of Corruption
I am so much more afraid now than I was just a year or so ago. I know that Obama is an intelligent man, but so were Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon and rather than realize that the military need run the war, the politicians ran it in Vietnam. If that starts to happen too much in Iraq and Afghanistan, the outcome could be the same. And that could lead to another attack here in the U.S.
Some Green Day is in order.
It’s strange, but this is (or will be; it’s still the 10th where I am) the first anniversary where that sense of immediacy is gone. It may be that both we and the Pakistanis are finally taking the Apostasy seriously; it might be that we have defeated them in Iraq and partially withdrawn; it may be that KSM is finally being brought before a court of law to account for his deeds. It is difficult to say.
I’ll never forget that day … I go sometimes for days at a time with it on my mind.
I do believe, however, that Obama will cause a great deal more trouble.
(And now a Liberal can go on a tirade about how I am devaluing the lives of the 9/11 victims.)
jeremiah06 says: September 11th, 2009 at 1:37 am
…”about how I am devaluing the lives of the 9/11 victims.)
ja think! jheeze louise…
jer
I can remember watching people jumping from 80-90 stories to certain death rather than be cooked alive.
I watched as that second aircraft banked and flew straight into the second tower.
I was with people who had a brother in one tower at the time and another who had a son in law in the pentagon.
I was working in an aircraft hangar in a major airport and remember having to completely shut the place down and have it surrounded by security.
I remember the white hot anger I felt for those who perpetrated this, and the profoundness I felt for the ballsy police and firemen who entered those towers that fateful day.
The pride I felt by a president who rolled up his sleeves stood on the smoking ashes of those towers and declared to the world through a bullhorn you are either with us or against us……..better and braver words were never spoken.
I have worked in the heavy construction business for 40+ years, talking by cell phone to engineering buddies that day we concluded early on that both towers would fail and collapse, they subsequently did, and we all (50) or so people watched with our jaws open, and hearts in our mouth’s.
Mark Do not let the weasel anti war turds with BDS ruin the memory of those poor souls who died on 911 or the subsequent troops who bravely took the fight and kicked ass to those who would do us harm.
moderate this thread closely please.
00ohio
the first thief troll to hit,
I do net remember seeing your name mentioned anywhere thief!
neocon1 says: September 11th, 2009 at 9:08 am
nor yours foamer…
Never Forget. Never Surrender.
Our Commander in Chief spoke at the Pentagon this morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QAOvY5nsjo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fhotairpundit%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2009%2F09%2Fobama%2Dspeech%2Dat%2Dpentagon%2D9%2D11%2D09%2Dvideo%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded
Our Commander in Chief spoke at the Pentagon this morning:
Get out the knee pads.
“So, let’s imagine how [the September 11th attacks] could have been worse for example. Suppose that on September 11, Al-Qaeda had bombed the White House and killed the President, instituted a murderous, brutal regime which killed maybe 50,000 to 100,000 people and tortured about 700,000, set up a major international terrorist center in Washington, which was overthrowing governments all over the world, and installing brutal vicious neo-Nazi dictatorships, assassinating people. Suppose he called in a bunch of economists, let’s call them the ‘Kandahar Boys’ to run the American economy, who within a couple of years had driven the economy into one of the worst collapses of its history. Suppose this had happened. That would have been worse than 9/11, right? But it did happen. And it happened on 9/11. That happened on September 11, 1973 in Chile. The only thing you have to change is this per capita equivalence, which is the right way to look at it. Well, did that change the world? Yeah, it did but not from our point of view, in fact, who even knows about it? Incidentally, just to finish, because we [the U.S.] were responsible for that one.”
flimflam,
I don’t consider “you” part of “we”, and “we” will work to detstroy “you” and your way of thinking.
Have a good night
Gee, someone’s a little touchy when their belief in American exceptionalism gets broached by historical facts.