9-11 - We're Not Angry Anymore
Looking back to five years ago, when we witnessed on every news channel the attack of our country by al qaeda. I remember being angry and wanting to revenge. I wasn't interested in hearing why, I didn't care for the reason of why. Because in my mind, whatever reason these animals had to express themselves to our country of why they hijacked four planes on September 11, 2001 and flew two into the WTC, one into the pentagon and crashing another in Pennsylvania because of their beliefs or perceived anger at our country is inexcusable. I can't think of one person who was interested in "wanting to know" what made these animals do what they did. The country didn't care. Me being a veteran was ready to pick up a ruck sack and weapon and be pointed to the person most responsible for these attacks. And if not that, the only answers I wanted to hear from countries in the middle east, was from the question, of who is responsible? and where is this group? And if we didn't get those answers, the middle east would really be straight desert, with a radioactive twist.
Thats how angry I was. Thats how angry I am. The country was angry because it happened here. We saw people jumping off the buildings to survive. They would rather jump to their deaths from the top of the WTC'ers instead of perishing from the fire, heat and eventual collaspe of both buildings. And who can forget about the passengers who looked each other in the eye and said hell no, we are not going to be victims, hell no we are not going to die at the hands and controls of these animals and they fought and died in great valor and bravery. Died on their own terms and sacrificed their lives to save possibly hundreds if not thousands of lives.
You see America has the resolve and when treaded against will show the world her power. It doesn't matter what race or what the circumstances. History shows that. And history will show that when things don't go the way some people think it should go or when we have leaders who don't have the resolve or intestinal fortitude to show our enemies our might. History will show the rest of the world that we're bullies or thugs. History shows that in Vietnam, we were there to assist the French and to preserve the democracy of the South Vietnamese, but at home, there was no WWII or Korean War support and unlike the Korean War, our veterans were given the label of baby killers, war criminals and the most damaging, losers. American accepted and was okay with a draw with North Korea and turned it's back on our brave men who went and served in Vietnam. No resolve was what Bin Laden saw. You see if we had just licked our wounds of the incident that happened in Somalia and commenced to wiping them out..I don't think Bin Laden will be banking on the wait game, the media game and the thinking that if we (USA) lose more men than the America who bitched and moaned about the Vietnam War will show up and cry about this war. Hell he's right.
Five years after his planned attack on our country, 9-11 is like "Pearl Harbor" just another date on the calender and one more day closer to this year's Christmas, excuse me, Winter holiday shopping days. We're not resolved anymore and we want to run, hide and act like what happens in the Middle East is not our business.
This is not our grandparent's america, hell they wouldn't recognize it if they were here today. If 9-11 happened in the 30's, 40's or 50's, I have no doubt that Bin Laden would be in wikipedia with a born date and death date and not from being sick! That America despite the segregation, women's right and lack of jobs, would have come together and with great anger would have ended it, despite the great loss of life. I'm just thankful the Union soldiers didn't give up in the Civil War after they lost 2000 or so men at Fort Sumpter. I'm pretty sure the rest of world is thankful that we didn't give up in Europe and in the Pacific after we lost 2000 or so men in ONE BATTLE!!.
I'm just shameful that after 2000 or so lives of brave men and women, that our America want to forget what happened five years ago, bring our troops home and most likely label them as losers......
Because we're not angry anymore.....
Thats how angry I was. Thats how angry I am. The country was angry because it happened here. We saw people jumping off the buildings to survive. They would rather jump to their deaths from the top of the WTC'ers instead of perishing from the fire, heat and eventual collaspe of both buildings. And who can forget about the passengers who looked each other in the eye and said hell no, we are not going to be victims, hell no we are not going to die at the hands and controls of these animals and they fought and died in great valor and bravery. Died on their own terms and sacrificed their lives to save possibly hundreds if not thousands of lives.
You see America has the resolve and when treaded against will show the world her power. It doesn't matter what race or what the circumstances. History shows that. And history will show that when things don't go the way some people think it should go or when we have leaders who don't have the resolve or intestinal fortitude to show our enemies our might. History will show the rest of the world that we're bullies or thugs. History shows that in Vietnam, we were there to assist the French and to preserve the democracy of the South Vietnamese, but at home, there was no WWII or Korean War support and unlike the Korean War, our veterans were given the label of baby killers, war criminals and the most damaging, losers. American accepted and was okay with a draw with North Korea and turned it's back on our brave men who went and served in Vietnam. No resolve was what Bin Laden saw. You see if we had just licked our wounds of the incident that happened in Somalia and commenced to wiping them out..I don't think Bin Laden will be banking on the wait game, the media game and the thinking that if we (USA) lose more men than the America who bitched and moaned about the Vietnam War will show up and cry about this war. Hell he's right.
Five years after his planned attack on our country, 9-11 is like "Pearl Harbor" just another date on the calender and one more day closer to this year's Christmas, excuse me, Winter holiday shopping days. We're not resolved anymore and we want to run, hide and act like what happens in the Middle East is not our business.
This is not our grandparent's america, hell they wouldn't recognize it if they were here today. If 9-11 happened in the 30's, 40's or 50's, I have no doubt that Bin Laden would be in wikipedia with a born date and death date and not from being sick! That America despite the segregation, women's right and lack of jobs, would have come together and with great anger would have ended it, despite the great loss of life. I'm just thankful the Union soldiers didn't give up in the Civil War after they lost 2000 or so men at Fort Sumpter. I'm pretty sure the rest of world is thankful that we didn't give up in Europe and in the Pacific after we lost 2000 or so men in ONE BATTLE!!.
I'm just shameful that after 2000 or so lives of brave men and women, that our America want to forget what happened five years ago, bring our troops home and most likely label them as losers......
Because we're not angry anymore.....
posted by J.C. "Fanz23" Lewis, Jr | 11:56 AM
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