9-11 seven years later

it is 9-11, a black day in our history. seven years ago 19 maniacs attacked our country killing thousands. some things we MUST remember about this date:

there were no iraqis on those planes
there were no iranians on those planes

those attacks would not have happened if somebody, somewhere had been paying attention:

two of the highjackers boarded under their own names and those names were on the terrorist watch list, both the faa and airline security missed them.

president bush had been given a briefing document titled:" osama bin laden plans on attacking american skyscrappers using airline planes."

4 airliners were highjacked and the air force did not scramble until almost an hour after the first reports came in.

anyone who has not seen the film of george bush after being told by andrew card, "we are under attack!!", just sitting there with this bizarre look on his face YOU MUST SEE THAT FILM. it is as creepy as anything i have ever seen. to see it and still think that george bush is a good president is to completely suspend intelligence.

osma bin laden's family was flown out of the united states by our government just days after the attacks. somehow, we can put someone in gitmo and torture them for evidence but WE DIDN'T INTERVIEW AT LENGTH OSAMA BIN LADEN'S FAMILY. why in the hell not?????

when historians look back at this far enough in the future so as not to be passionate about it they will look at the underlying causes that set this whole thing in motion...from the first gulf war and the stationing of thousands of american troops in the middle east to the russian invasion of afghanstan and our arming and training the afghan rebels many of which are now part of the taliban. they will also look at the immediate response of the world, including the muslim world, and the usa's response to the attacks.

and the last thing we must remember is today, 7 years later, OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL ON THE LOOSE! GO GET THAT SON OF A BITCH AND BRING HIM TO AMERICA AND PUT HIS ASS ON TRIAL FOR MASS MURDER. the failure to do this is a stain on our honor and an insult to the thousands who died.

whoever the next president is must go get osama bin laden. period. no more fucking around, no more excuses coming out of the white house, no more keetowing to pakistan (i think that members of their intelligence services were involved in the planning and financing of the attacks). no more worrying about what the saudis might say. (15 OF THE ATTACKERS WERE SAUDI! SOMEHOW THAT KEEPS BEING PASSED OVER)

all of us and i do mean ALL of us must do everything in our power to see that a. this never happens again and b. those responsible be brought to justice. then we must look at the causes and rectify what we can (and should).

nothing we may have done justifies mass murder however if people in the middle east have a legitimate beef with us then we need to address that and not just demonize the whole area and the whole culture.

and, on this day, we should all say a prayer for all the families of the victims.

peace is better than war. try to remember that as well.