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CRUZ: Today we remember the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack
TedCruz.org ^ | 09/11/15

Posted on 09/11/2015 9:06:57 AM PDT by Isara

“As we pause in their honor, we must also look forward.”

HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement observing the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attack that took place fourteen years ago today:

“Fourteen years have passed since September 11, 2001, a day that changed the trajectory of the United States. The worst terrorist attack on our homeland taught us two things: that our oceans would not protect us from a determined enemy in the 21st century, and that radical Islamic terrorism was not a regional annoyance with limited capacity, but a real and present danger to our very way of life.

“Today, we remember the victims: the people in the twin towers of the World Trade Center, that emblem of America’s economic power, and the first responders who charged in to save them. The military and civilian personnel in the Pentagon working to keep our country safe. The innocent passengers on those four doomed flights, some of whom heroically sacrificed themselves to minimize the casualties on the ground.

“But as we pause in their honor, we must also look forward. The hard fact of the matter is that today, we again face a gathering threat from radical Islamists who may have changed their name or affiliation, but who are unchanged in their determination to degrade, and ultimately destroy, the West.

“Today, the threat of radical Islamic terrorism is still very much as real as it was fourteen years ago. From Nidal Hassan yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ before he murdered fourteen innocent people in Ft. Hood, Texas, to the Boston marathon bombings, a beheading in Oklahoma, and the attack in Chattanooga that left four marines and a sailor dead.

“September 11th, 2015 should be more than a day of reflection and remembrance. It should be an opportunity to resolve that we will not allow political correctness or complacency to lull us into the same false sense of security that al Qaida exploited fourteen years ago. We owe it to the memory of those whose lives were lost to squarely face the ongoing, virulent threat of radical Islamic terrorism, unafraid to call it what it is, as we defend ourselves and the founding principles that make America the greatest force for good in the world.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; cruz; tcruz; tedcruz; terroristattack
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1 posted on 09/11/2015 9:06:57 AM PDT by Isara
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To: Isara
Not equivocating on importing them is a great start.

“In terms of settling the migrants, if the ultimate goal is to return them to their homes, which I believe it should be, it doesn’t make sense from a logistical or a security standpoint to move large numbers of them to far-off countries like the United States.
2 posted on 09/11/2015 9:09:54 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Isara

What I am trying to understand on this 9/11 is how in only 14 short years since that day we have arrived at a muslim invasion of the west led by the west itself.


3 posted on 09/11/2015 9:38:01 AM PDT by chris37 (hearltess)
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4 posted on 09/11/2015 10:47:20 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: cripplecreek

Amen and Amen!


5 posted on 09/11/2015 10:49:27 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: chris37
What I am trying to understand on this 9/11 is how in only 14 short years since that day we have arrived at a muslim invasion of the west led by the west itself.

What If?

MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT 9/11 MEMORIAL SERVICE

September 11, 2012

New York City police have apprehended and taken into custody an unidentified man who was disrupting the 9/11 memorial service on the first anniversary of the muslim attacks by Islamic terrorists tragically took 2,977 .lives.

The man was taken to the Bellevue Hospital Center for observation where he was subsequently declared to be mentally unbalanced.

He will be involuntarily committed to a state treatment facility for the mentally disturbed for an indefinite period of time.

An NYPD spokesperson said the man was causing a disturbance by using a bullhorn to make outlandish predictions and claims during the memorial service. He was also passing out flyers warning people of the events he claimed will happen in the future and if left unchecked will lead to American deaths and eventual downfall of the nation.

Among the most outrageous predictions he was making are these:

The NYPD spokesperson said "By the nature of these predictions it is clear that the man is severely deranged and out of touch with reality. For the safety of others and for his own well being he will be treated at an unidentified facility until he has been declared fully recovered by competent medical health authorities."


6 posted on 09/11/2015 11:39:53 AM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: Iron Munro

I would say such a man is back from the future.

It seems to me that the practical result of 9/11 is that islam is going to destroy the world, and the United States is going to help them.

We have become the Axis of Evil.


7 posted on 09/11/2015 11:52:11 AM PDT by chris37 (hearltess)
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