7 years have gone by, and it is clear the sting of that day is gone. While it seems that most people still get it, each year, there are more and more people that come out of the woodwork that think its ok to somehow belittle the day, throw out conspiracy theories, use the day to bash Bush, use the day to advance their own political agenda. Some of those people have clearly posted on this board.
Let us not forget the outrage of that day. Let us not forget if these same people said these same words on that day, that we hear right now on this board, being tarred and feathered would be the least of their concerns.
This day is not about partisan politics or advancing some agenda. This is not about drawing some parallels between Americans going to work getting slaughtered for being American, and some people starving overseas due to their own corrupt gov't that is somehow our fault.
We did not cause 9-11, unless you consider being American and living the American way of life by simply going to work a just cause for murder. Those who blame America, are the same ones that blame our way of life and wish to change it to suit their means.
We did not start this war, we as a nation were dragged into it. The war was started with our nation on 9-11. We can, and we will win it. We will only lose the war if we lose our resolve.
Do not underestimate the seriousness of the war, or the importance of the result on mankind. This is a classic example of good vs. evil. We, along with the world, will be judged by the outcome. Ducking and running, ignoring the threat, pretending everything is ok, ignoring the obvious, will only invite more and more repeat occurences, on our soil, against us.
It will continue, until we finally have the resolve to say enough and say, in one collective voice, we will not allow our nation to live in fear of the people who hate us.
Never forget the pain of 9-11. Think for a moment the outrage you felt on that day as you saw a couple of buildings in an American city crash and burn with your fellow countrymen in it. Always remember how violated you felt that day. Teach what that day meant to your children. Let our nation not forget the lesson.
American blood spilled out on the streets that day and if we forget the day, or abandon the cause, they will have died for nothing. When we say that we will always remember 9-11, it is not only about the individuals that died that day, it is also about what we need to do about it so that it is never repeated.
Although I cannot pretend to understand how the families of those victims feel, my heart breaks for each of them. May they find peace.
Let us not forget the outrage of that day. Let us not forget if these same people said these same words on that day, that we hear right now on this board, being tarred and feathered would be the least of their concerns.
This day is not about partisan politics or advancing some agenda. This is not about drawing some parallels between Americans going to work getting slaughtered for being American, and some people starving overseas due to their own corrupt gov't that is somehow our fault.
We did not cause 9-11, unless you consider being American and living the American way of life by simply going to work a just cause for murder. Those who blame America, are the same ones that blame our way of life and wish to change it to suit their means.
We did not start this war, we as a nation were dragged into it. The war was started with our nation on 9-11. We can, and we will win it. We will only lose the war if we lose our resolve.
Do not underestimate the seriousness of the war, or the importance of the result on mankind. This is a classic example of good vs. evil. We, along with the world, will be judged by the outcome. Ducking and running, ignoring the threat, pretending everything is ok, ignoring the obvious, will only invite more and more repeat occurences, on our soil, against us.
It will continue, until we finally have the resolve to say enough and say, in one collective voice, we will not allow our nation to live in fear of the people who hate us.
Never forget the pain of 9-11. Think for a moment the outrage you felt on that day as you saw a couple of buildings in an American city crash and burn with your fellow countrymen in it. Always remember how violated you felt that day. Teach what that day meant to your children. Let our nation not forget the lesson.
American blood spilled out on the streets that day and if we forget the day, or abandon the cause, they will have died for nothing. When we say that we will always remember 9-11, it is not only about the individuals that died that day, it is also about what we need to do about it so that it is never repeated.
Although I cannot pretend to understand how the families of those victims feel, my heart breaks for each of them. May they find peace.