As I watched the World Trade Center Towers collapse on 9/11, I realized that it was both an attack and a warning. It's important to think back on our world before that bright September day. America had grown complacent in a sense of security that now seems incredibly naive. We actually believed the physical position of our nation offered protection from the madmen of the planet. 9/11 literally blew up those notions and became the dividing line between the comfortable past and our uncertain future, a violent exclamation declaring the end of our hesitancy to entangle ourselves in foreign lands. A continuation of the misguided policies of the past became unthinkable. The events of September 11, 2001 were and are a clarion call to the defenders of liberty and to the United States of America, a point past which a passive and timid foreign policy is no longer acceptable.>
We have forgotten the horrors of that day. The media has relegated broadcasting film of the attacks to anniversary use only. The full brutality of people jumping from the towers to escape the flames, the heartbreaking messages left by those fully aware of their impending deaths, and countless other infinitely painful memories have been swept under the liberal media rug. A full realization by the public of the viciousness of 9/11 would not help to further the Bush-hating agenda. Minimization of the day and the promotion of ridiculous conspiracy theories are nothing less than treasonous attempts to distract the American people from the work at hand. Those promulgating the various "our own governement did it" theories are doing the work of Al Qaeda.
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We can no longer afford to remain disengaged from the rest of the world. Doing so invites attack. Many Americans see the world as they want it to be, and not as it really is. As the big kid on the world block, we are a continual target regardless of our actions. The United States must forever remain in a vigilant and forward leaning posture abroad and at home. It often seems as if the left has completely forgotten 9/11, judging by their pacifism and willingness to see America lose the Iraq front. I'm fully aware Iraq was not responsible for 9/11, but the Germans weren't responsible for Pearl Harbor, either. The point in both cases is that the enemies we face are global, and not just isolated to one country.
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Our focus today should be on the victims and heroes of 9/11. The example set by the first responders that day is the definition of what it means to be an American. Our enemies do not understand that kind of love for others. Our sacrifices in saving innocent lives are bewildering to those who murder without compunction or mercy. It's the children of those killed that haunt me. Their parents were taken from them without warning and without rational explanation. The U.S. government should do everything possible to continue to assist the families and those who have suffered health problems from working on the rubble. That is a debt we owe to the victims.
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Conservatives should take a moment today to remember Mrs. Barbara Olson, wife of former Solicitor General Ted Olson. A stunningly beautiful and remarkably talented writer and commentator, Mrs. Olson was on board the flight that crashed into the Pentagon. She was actually able to call her husband during the flight, when both were sadly aware of the situation. Her death brought 9/11 home to me, and her glowing charm and rapier wit are sorely missed.
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Have you forgotten? That is the question for today. For me, anytime 9/11 is even indirectly referenced, I feel a seething anger toward those who perpetrated the attacks and those associated with them. I feel it every day. And after six years, it hasn't diminished at all.
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JINGOCON
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