September 11th, 2013: We have forgotten
I am posting this a day early because I have to get this off my chest and could not wait until tomorrow:
September 11th, 2001: al-Qaeda carries out a terrorist attack on United States soil which killed 3,000 innocent people in the name of Allah. September 11th, 2013: This is a day when many bloggers will recall what happened on that day and will call for America to remain vigilant in the war on terror. They will tell the American people that we must remember why our heroes are fighting overseas, and they will tell us that we must never forget what happened on that day.
If you want to read such a post you will have to go elsewhere because, while these bloggers are right in theory and I applaud their efforts, the fact is, in my opinion, that this practice is pointless because we have forgotten. It is time to face reality.
I guess what really has me down is the fact that up until two days ago the Senate was prepared to hold a vote on bombing Syria in support of the rebels. Those rebels are al-Qaeda operatives and I find it deplorable the Senate would even think about holding a vote on September 11th to support al-Qaeda on the day that al-Qaeda attacked America all those years ago.
But it goes beyond this because this is also the one year anniversary of the terrorist attack in Benghazi which left Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith, and Tyrone Woods dead and to date nobody has been held accountable and the Obama regime’s first response was to deny this was a terrorist attack.
As it turns out the United States very likely was using the consulate in Benghazi to run guns captured in Libya through Turkey and into Syria in support of the al-Qaeda rebels and if that were not bad enough we now know that the people who carried out this attack are actually training the Syrian rebels in terrorist camps. The Obama regime and al-Qaeda have quite the incestuous relationship. The fact that anyone in our government can seriously consider helping the same people who attacked us twice on September 11th makes me want to throw in the towel.
In the days and years following the September 11th attacks we have been told that the extremists hate America because of our liberty and our freedom, and our response to this was the PATRIOT Act, the NSA spying program, the NDAA, warrantless wiretaps, and watching our fourth amendment rights violated on a daily basis by the TSA so in that regard you have to say “mission accomplished.”
As we continue the slow creep from a soft police state into a hard police state in the name of security I have to believe that we have forgotten what it means to be truly free. On this September 11th we are watching our government support those who attacked us on this day and we have given up essential liberty for a little perceived safety. If this does not represent the fact that we have forgotten what happened on this day, or who the enemy is, I do not know what does.
America's Watchtower 
Nor will I forget! Patriots everywhere, military or not will not forget!
Yet, we cannot dismiss those who go about their daily business and do not resent the restrictions and encroachments on our freedom; whether they deserve what freedom they have or not …. Eventually, that will change but that will likely be too late.
DeToqueville (sp?) got it right and the traitors have used the ‘weakness’ of a Democratic Republic against us …. Enjoy freedom while it lasts; we’re on borrowed time.
And patriots . . . . remember; and tell your grrand-children while you’re taking names ……
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I will not forget either for it is what drove me to start doing this in the first place, but there are many who have. These people go about their lives without paying attention to what is going on because they do not believe it has any effect on their lives. But someday it will affect them and by the time they realize it it will be too late.
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I will remember to render respect and honor as due.
When I rotated home from an unpopular war, I was spit on. In fact, I was never “Welcomed Home”, until 2005, when a homeless veteran said the words to me and meant it. He couldn’t believe that I was never welcomed home.
With all that’s going on, it makes sense to take a day for reflecting on where we have as a nation been, because all too well, we know where we are heading and a little break works wonders to revitalize body, mind, and soul.
I see the Wounded warrior tag on the sidebar and think, eleven days before I was scheduled to rotate home, I was carried out of a firefight and into a medevac slick.
I’ve been around and have way to many miles on myself, so we need to do the right thing because those leading this nation will not. I also will remember all of the uninjured military personnel that served since September 11, 2001, because they too, in many cases placed themselves in harm’s way, while the nation had no idea of what it takes as far as Character, to do that, for a complete stranger, and most of those strangers took that kindness, for granted.
Great article.
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You are a Vietnam veteran! Thank you so much for your service to this country. It sickens me when I read about how heroes like you were treated. I had a chance to thank a couple of Vietnam vets and I could see how much they appreciated it, it must have been horrible to do what your country asked only to come home despised by so many.
There is not one day that goes by that I do not think about those who serve us, they are the reason I am able to write what I write and I cannot put into words how much I appreciate what they do for us.
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Brittius, THANK YOU for your service! Five words that, each time they are heard, take just a little of the sting out of our homecoming. As I have often said, “It REALLY sucks when the worst day of my year in Vietnam was the day I got back to American soil.”
The treatment we got upon returning home is exactly the reason that troops these days don’t have to fear the same homecoming. Vietnam, and also Korean War Vets make God Damned sure that will never happen again. Maybe THAT is our true legacy, that we made things better for newer generations of America’s Best!
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Joe: People today are only waking up from the nonsense portrayed about Vietnam vets. It is the very reason I make sure that those serving after us are not shafted. Nobody ever wanted to give me a job. I even worked a slaughterhouse for one year. I took civil service exams. I was on the verge of becoming a firefighter and receiving my great grandfather’s shield, when the police job, where I started during the budget crisis of 1975, called and I went to where I started and continued to try and help people in their time of need. Today, with all of the talk from politicians and too many concerns of dictatorship, the ones they truly fear are the older guys, the Vietnam veterans. For some reason, the fighting spirit is still in us, and we are smart enough to know when to use it.
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Thank you for your service Joe! I cannot even begin to imagine how it must have been to come home after you did what your country wanted you to do only to find that you were an outcast and shunned for serving the nation.
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Reblogged this on Brittius.com.
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome.
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Amen, my brother. I’ll be linking this post tomorrow.
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Thanks in advance for the link!
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Steve,
You have stated so eloquently what has beyond a doubt become what should be obvious to every American still alive after 9/11. But in fact even most politicians have abandoned their lip service and photo ops on a day that is on par with December 7th. The dust bin is getting crowded with what are now nothing more than shopping days: Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Columbus Day, Hiw long before June 6th and July 4th are relegated to a Friday or Monday. Had September 11th ever a chance as a National Day of Rememberance? Probably not. Meanwhile we continue to take the hungry tired poor masses huddled on 747s arriving from those countries spawning unbridled hatred towards their adopted country. Here in New Jersey the Muslim dancing in the streets of Paterson has been forgotten.
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Yeah, September 11th is now just a talking point, a day of interest. I forgot to mention how Muslims were granted a permit to march on Washington while bikers were denied. It is time to wake up and question what it going on.
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At the time, many on the left said America had it coming and we deserved it. And now Obama and crew are partnering with the very group who attacked us and the left demands we support them with our military. What does that say about them?
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It is sickening, and it tells me all I need to know!
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Norway just went conservative, and I believe Australia has as well. Colorado is going to throw out those who would impinge their rights to guns. Perhaps history might bear out that this was the tipping point for us as well. For the first time the left and the msm are no longer singing from his play book. Let us try and remain hopeful. What else can we do.
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I hope you are right, we seem to be behind the curve on this but maybe we are about to turn the corner.
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Of course we have. It’s sad but 12 years ago is just so far in the past. I will remember though.
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I will remember as well, it is just sad to see what has happened in this country since that attack.
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I am afraid you are right. Far too many of us have forgotten what happened on both days. It’s a shame we have such short memories.
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I really wish I didn’t feel the need to write this post but this whole Syria issue, and the prospect of helping al-qaeda, really gets on my nerves! I do not understand how anyone can support this.
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Brittius and Joe, thank you both for service to what I hope will still be a great country when Obama is done with it! I cannot answer why Vietnam was a war that people seemed to despise the men and women coming home as much as the enemy. I was in my mid teens then, but my brothers and their friends were older and had to deal with that war. I remember going to a lot of funerals then. We did not see this in WWI or WWII or Korea, so why Vietnam vets? You never had the chance to decide IF you wanted to go, you were military and went where your President sent you. Same goes for today, these men and women, probably do not want to go, especially under Obama, but still they do. How many vets will be riding to DC today with the 2 million riders? Probably a lot. They know what it means to NOT take freedom for granted, unlike the vast majority of people today. What we will probably hear a lot about is the Million Man Muslim March, but hopefully the blogs will report on the riders instead. Freedom is so easily lost. Our Walmart usually has vets taking donations outside the doors at different times for some charity having to do with a particular war, I always stop and talk and donate, would be good if everyone does. The men that still have their uniforms and fit in them, wear them with pride and take time to do this. On this anniversary let’s all remember, but more importantly REMEMBER all the time, not just when the media wants to have something to write about. I have little use for the media anymore. The blogs serve a very important purpose in making sure certain things are kept fresh in our minds.
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So very will said Lou!
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I will NEVER Forget and I will NEVER Forgive!
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Neither will I Fred, I just wish there were more of us.
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One more here.
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Reblogged this on Rottaholic's Weblog.
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Thank you!
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The other march planned in DC for today was originally called “The 1 Million Muslim March”, but the event began receiving a significant amount of backlash from the public, so the name was changed to “Million American March Against Fear”. The march is now being promoted by the American Muslim Political Action Committee.
This could very easily get out of hand today!
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Don’t you just love the way the left changes the vernacular in order to make their positions more palatable? Of course it doesn’t change the intent, it just makes it look less offensive.
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