The War on '9-11'

The American Thinker ^ | September 11, 2009 | Walid Phares

[Scanian]

The Jihadi attacks against New York and Washington created an unforgettable date in the collective psyche of Americans: this nation was bled by men indoctrinated by an ideology that, both in its texts and in its actions, knows no mercy for free societies. The terrifying three numbers and a hyphen 9-11 took their place in the country's national identity, alongside Pearl Harbor in the high drama of American history.

But 9-11 became also a benchmark to other nations and regions of the world. In Europe, Russia, and India, civil societies began identifying the date 9/11with their own subsequent traumas. Madrid had its own 9-11on March 11, 2004. Russia had a sister horror on September 6 of the same year in Beslan. London encountered its 9-11 on July 7, 2005. The rest of Europe prepared for the forthcoming "ones." India's two Mumbai attacks are perhaps the equivalent of their own 9-11.

So what is the first meaning of this symbolic date, deeply embedded in the minds of millions of people around the world? Despite the denial by intellectual elites in all of these countries (at least since the end of the Cold War), there is a Jihadi global movement espousing terror as a means, seeking violence against what it perceives as kuffar countries, and making no room for international law.

[JohnQ1]

There’s only one service I’d ever give Barack Obama, and I wouldn’t try to go through the best civilian service in our land, the Secret Service, to “provide” BHO that one service he deserves. 9/11 has to remain a day of remembrance, mourning, and resolve. We have to survive this administration, purge the corruption from our governments, and then identify and destroy an awesome number of enemies. What amazes me is that I think we can do it. No, you can do it. Now in my eighth decade, I won’t see it finished.