Never Forget!
Eight years ago today, I awoke to the news of the Twin Towers and Pentagon being taken out by terrorists, as well as the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. My first rational thought after the shock was my Son. He was in the Army at the time. I called him and his Post was on alert but he was safe and sound. The days after that were a nightmare in so many ways. Not only were so many innocent people killed for no reason other than the religious zeal of some Muslims but of our gaining the instant understanding of our vulnerability to attack.
Like others at the time, I waited in line for my vehicle to be checked before going onto the Post at Ft. Knox and I flew flags from my car windows. And, now, eight years later, I wonder at our “forgetting”. Now it isn’t “terrorism” anymore, it’s “man-made disasters” per Obama. What kind of tripe is that! In America, we have laws on our books that call for arrest and jail for “terroristic threatening”. To threaten the life/limb of an individual is punishable by law. No where is it written that it is just a “man-made disaster” attack that can be reduced to anything. If that wasn’t so serious, it would be laughable. And, anyway you want to look at it, what the “TERRORISTS” did on 9-11-01 was just plain MURDER! You can’t dance around that fact with fancy rhetoric! Obama needs to “get it”!
I hope that the citizens of America will “never forget” where we came from and how we got here. We are a Nation built on the standards of individual freedom and a rule of law that keeps us safe, for the most part, and demands retribution when those laws are broken. To allow them, or any part of them, to be watered down in a politically correct manner is to invite more of the same. We don’t need the “panty-waisted” approach to protecting United States of America that Obama has been foisting on us with his “apologies” the world over. We need someone in the White House who has an iron spine and a determination that America is not only a super-power, but the most freedom-loving Country there is.
As the memorials are given and prayers are sent up for the families of those who lost their lives today, we also must not forget that we still have enemies of the same ilk out there just waiting for the opportunity to do it again. To keep our borders wide open; to not expect other countries to respect our Sovereignty and to lay down in wanting to “unclench the fist” in an attempt to swoon others into not attacking us again, just gives our enemies the opening they need. A lily-livered coward just asks for it…there’s no other way to put it. If we don’t stand strong and firm against those who would do us harm, we can blame no one but ourselves.
I hope, before this day is over, that people will remember. Remember not only those who’s lives were lost but the whole of what the United States of America stands for…..freedom and justice for all who claim Her as “Home”. For those who just come in to take and not give; to destroy and not build; to deride and not respect, to them we show a united stand behind the line in the sand that we will not forget nor will we waver. We are proud of our Country all of the time…period.
