9/11: Six Years Later, American Sentiments Vary

On September 11, 2001, this nation was unified. Six years later, we're in a different place, as this small sampling of sentiments shows.

Taylor Marsh asks about the 9/11 attacks' architect, saying "Where's Osama?":

"We let him go at Tora Bora. We let him go to get Saddam. Today, Bush doesn't think he's worth pursuing. Afghanistan is heading south, with Pakistan in turmoil. All while Osama continues to send us messages in virtual  freedom."

From Michelle Malkin:

"Every American has a role to play in protecting our homeland–not just from Muslim terrorists, but from their financiers, their public relations machine, their sharia-pimping activists, the anti-war goons, the civil liberties absolutists, and the academic apologists for our enemies.... Screw them."

From Charles at Mercury Rising:

"What have we won for six years of conflict? Iraq and Afghanistan remain unstable, filled with violence and criminality. Our loved ones are stationed in harm’s way. Our nation is bitterly divided. Our energy security is diminished. Our treasury is depleted. Russia and China view us as a failing hegemon, and both have begun to challenge us.  Even if one believes in the American empire, this is an unparalleled record of failure....

"On this iron anniversary, may we at least learn that ignorance, fear, and arrogance are our worst enemies."

From Ed at Captain's Quarters:

"There may come a day that belongs to them [terrorists], but every morning since 9/11 we have been able to say, Today is not that day. Thanks to the men and women in our armed forces, intelligence, and law-enforcement agencies, we have continued to say that."

From a book review at the Guardian UK:

"In the days after 9/11, America's firefighters, nurses and teachers were hailed as the country's heroes. But President Bush's embracing of the public sector didn't last long. As the dust settled on the twin towers, the White House launched an entirely new economy, based on security - with the belief that only private firms could meet the challenge. In this exclusive extract from her new book, Naomi Klein reports on those who see a profitable prospect in a grim future."

Comments

[Charles]

Yikes!

Sandwiched between Malkin and Captain Ed. Now there's an image to produce nightmares.

Your reading tastes are surely catholic, Crux. :-)