Thursday, September 11, 2008
In case you forgot
Lest your memory needs refreshing.
3 Comments:
By 
JPMcT, at
Thu Sep 11, 10:33:00 PM:
Seven Years and the media blackout persists. Don't look for anything like this on CBS, NBC or ABC.
My vote will be to keep this wound open, fresh and bleeding until the bastards who are responsible are partying in hell with virgin pitbulls.
By 
, at
Thu Sep 11, 10:48:00 PM:
Thank you TH. This needs to be remembered forever in this country. It is critical that this not be reduced to a statistic, but viewed for what it was - an attack on our culture and civilization by Islamic extremists. It is a horrible comment on our leaders that this day is allowed to sink into "just another tragedy". It was no tragedy, it was an act of war. Just as McCain started to resuscitate his campaign with the bold statement that drilling for oil might be a good idea, he could seal victory in November by making a strong statement about his willingness and resolve to continue the GWOT until ALL of the bad guys have been accounted for. The people of the United States are willing to dedicate themselves to that, even now. Why can't our leaders see that?
By Pax Federatica, at
Fri Sep 12, 12:44:00 AM:
9/11 was a huge own-goal for Islamic supremacists. Not only did it bring down the wrath of the U.S. military upon their heads, but it also cast a harsh spotlight on their ideology itself, and on the kind of world they intend to bring about. Warnings about their growing influence in the West, particularly Europe, would be a whole lot easier to dismiss out of hand as so much right-wing paranoia if bin Laden and company hadn't tipped their hand in such spectacular fashion on that day.
Indeed, my theory is that this is the main reason why we haven't seen anything resembling a sequel to that attack since then - not just because it's become a lot harder to pull off, but because Islamic supremacists belatedly realized how counterproductive 9/11 itself turned out to be.
