Five years later, we still don't get it - and that's so sad.
How incredibly sad to see such ignorance - when 9/11 occurred, it was at least possible to believe that everyone now understood the severity of the enemy. It's taken a few years, but it seems as though America has actually talked itself out of a state of comprehension, and back into a state of denial.There's so much that can be said about this process, but it's all perfectly summed up in an AP news story today whose headline says, "5 years after 9/11, many angry at U.S." - the 'many' will be sort-of identified later in the article, but it can be safely assumed that such people are those on the left, which is a bit surprising, as those folks are forever warning us against "Blaming the victim", which appears to be exactly what the article is about.
In the body of the article, the very first sentence chimes in with that "Squandered the good will of the world" chorus, whose ignorance and stupidity has been dissected elsewhere in this blog, and yet it keeps coming back, like a severe bout of dysentery. It saddens me to have to point out - once again - the absurdity of this sentiment. According to the news story, it would appear that the "many" cited in the beginning of the article were thrilled with the attacks on the U.S., finally seeing a chance for their venomous hatred of America to be brought to a boil - and while they express regret at the 'loss of life' and other such purposefully distanced remarks, they are secretly delighted, and react by publicly admonishing the U.S. for having taken action against those who perpetrated the attacks.
According to them, we should have appeared penitent and contrite; we should have "worked with" the international community to "bring those responsible to justice", and furthermore, America should have multiplied its aid to poorer nations exponentially, taken no military action, engaged in a soul-searching dialogue about "Why they hate us" (rather than the other way around), and acted like a cowed bully in any way possible.
To rectify the disgusting odor left behind by that article, I will now say the words that the 'many' in the article hate to hear: Thank you, president Bush. Thank you for having the courage to do the right thing. Thank you for ignoring the cries of those at the U.N., moveon.org, George Soros, John Kerry, and that jerk who actually saw one of the planes hit the trade center building, and thought to himself, "Gee - what a great opportunity for us to make friends by not responding to this!"
Thank you, George Bush, for doing the right thing in deposing the Taliban. Thank you, George Bush, for neither flinching nor blinking at the next round, courtesy of Saddam Hussein, whose state-sponsored terrorism and plans for more went unacknowledged like a gigantic elephant-in-the-living-room everywhere else. Thank you, George Bush, for being there when the U.S. needed you most, and nevermind the squealing protests of those who refuse to believe what they've seen with their own eyes.
And a pox on you, Michael Moore, for offering sympathy to those who attacked us on that day by wondering aloud why they'd want to kill the nice Blue Democrats along with the evil Red Republicans. What a fool you revealed yourself to be. You probably win a prize for the speed at which you were able to convey to the whole world your childish ignorance.
I'd like to have closed this with something more uplifting, but sad to say, five years later, the domestic situation seems only to have become worse. The best we can hope for is that this is the "Darkest before dawn" period.
God bless America.
posted by ET @ 11:31 AM
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