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I was not planning to watch…but there it was on HBO when I went channel surfing.
There it was, all over again, the commercial aircraft with innocent passengers aboard, banking diagonally into the towers, first one then the other.
There it was again, the human bodies falling through the air…choosing to die in that manner rather than burn to death. I didn’t watch that before, I turned away…but this time I watched, all the way through. I don’t know why.
This was a new version to me, new videos, new stills, new interviews and perspectives; but the impact was the same; the pain and the rage returned as it was before.
One need not be religious to know that one must remember those whose lives were taken without cause; those young and old who ceased to be, some in a thankful instant, others in lingering torture. And so I watched and listened and thought, almost because I had to. It would feel wrong to change the channel and not continue the memorial.
Two things…at least…first to the people of New York City, who, now, three years later, are even stronger than before…and to the country as a whole which took the blow at many levels and fought back and recovered and set forth again.
I would have put money on a terror event occurring at the Olympics in Athens, or at the Democrat or Republican Conventions in Boston and New York. One cannot know if the security methods put in place following 9/11 prevented further attacks or if no attacks were even planned. One cannot know.
I do think…think…that Afghanistan and Iraq are but the first two chapters in a 30 year war.
I think…think…the attacks in Spain and Russia and Indonesia will multiply.
I would like to see a vast coalition of nations join in a clear statement to the Muslim world:
“Should any further attacks occur, they had best not be funded, organized or executed from your soil; for if they are proven to be, response will be swift, brutal and total.”
It is time for both the governments and the people of the middle-east to become proactive in the prevention of terrorism.
We will not live in fear of another attack within the American borders and those who might condone those attacks should know what our immediate response will be.
This little post, which took about 20 minutes to write is a small thing to do in memory of 9/11/01…but here on 9/11/04….three years later, is the best I can do.
Amicus Veritas
There it was, all over again, the commercial aircraft with innocent passengers aboard, banking diagonally into the towers, first one then the other.
There it was again, the human bodies falling through the air…choosing to die in that manner rather than burn to death. I didn’t watch that before, I turned away…but this time I watched, all the way through. I don’t know why.
This was a new version to me, new videos, new stills, new interviews and perspectives; but the impact was the same; the pain and the rage returned as it was before.
One need not be religious to know that one must remember those whose lives were taken without cause; those young and old who ceased to be, some in a thankful instant, others in lingering torture. And so I watched and listened and thought, almost because I had to. It would feel wrong to change the channel and not continue the memorial.
Two things…at least…first to the people of New York City, who, now, three years later, are even stronger than before…and to the country as a whole which took the blow at many levels and fought back and recovered and set forth again.
I would have put money on a terror event occurring at the Olympics in Athens, or at the Democrat or Republican Conventions in Boston and New York. One cannot know if the security methods put in place following 9/11 prevented further attacks or if no attacks were even planned. One cannot know.
I do think…think…that Afghanistan and Iraq are but the first two chapters in a 30 year war.
I think…think…the attacks in Spain and Russia and Indonesia will multiply.
I would like to see a vast coalition of nations join in a clear statement to the Muslim world:
“Should any further attacks occur, they had best not be funded, organized or executed from your soil; for if they are proven to be, response will be swift, brutal and total.”
It is time for both the governments and the people of the middle-east to become proactive in the prevention of terrorism.
We will not live in fear of another attack within the American borders and those who might condone those attacks should know what our immediate response will be.
This little post, which took about 20 minutes to write is a small thing to do in memory of 9/11/01…but here on 9/11/04….three years later, is the best I can do.
Amicus Veritas
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