Today is the Tenth Anniversary of the al Qaeda attacks on the United States.
The selflessness of the First Responders in New York City is something to be admired. If it is ever required again, we hope it will be there, but we also hope it will never be required again on such a scale.
However, for me, the most impressive response was that of the Passengers on United Airlines Flight 93. As they learned about the other attacks from a telephone operator on the ground they realized that it was in their hands and they took action. That was the most important American response to al Qaeda, even more important than our response in Tora Bora in December of 2001. Even more important than the dispatch of Osama bin Laden. We know we are our own "first responders" now.
Now is a time to honor the fallen dead, both of 9/11, but also of the ongoing fight since that fateful day.
It is also a day to rededicate ourselves to the idea that we will not allow any transnational group to intimidate us and to coerce us to do their bidding.
Regards — Cliff
We are fated, by The Founders, to be our gov't.
ReplyDeleteWe need to know when, as citizens; we should step back, aside and forward, while always being vigilant.
My favorite quote these days comes from our Commonwealth's very own Constitution:
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Enough of the brave souls on Flight 93 instinctually understood "covenants."