Great sentiment. Here's what happened, for those who need reminding:
Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airlines with the intention of flying them into buildings, murdering all passengers onboard and as many people on the ground as possible. 15 of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia. All 19 were Muslim, and they carried out their plans of mass-murder in the name of their god and prophet.
Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, one was crashed into the Pentagon, and the passengers on the fourth jet fought back against the terrorists and crashed it in a field in Pennsylvania, saving who knows how many people or historical landmarks.
The total death toll on that day was over 3,500 innocent people, and 19 monsters who walked and talked like human beings.
The word of the terrorist attacks on American soil spread around the world with the speed of light, the world reacted with a mixture of shock and celebration. The Palestinians were particularly jubilant.
So yes. Let's remember accurately what transpired on September 11, 2001.
and yet, we remain cowering behind our ill-judged ideas of fair play & tolerence. and they know it. our cowardice feeds them. they maim and kill innocent men, women and children, they rage, they bully, they demand, we wag our fingers at them and give a not-very-stern talking-to. as much as it flies in the face of everything that I hold to be true and sacred, I am now of the belief that the only answer is to meet kind with kind. no dithering, no brow-beating, no hand-wringing, no guilt. they want us dead. it doesn't matter what we say, how nice we are, how reasonable, how right on. give them the means to do so, and they will crush us, without hesitation, without remorse. this is a fact. pure & horribly simple.
ReplyDelete