Not Forgotten: September 11, 2001

The mass murder of 3,000 innocent people on American soil was a declaration of war by an insidious enemy determined on destroying our society, our culture, and all those of us who resist.

They'd like nothing better than for our memories to fade.
Which they have.

They are depending on our divisiveness.
Which we are.

They are counting on us being hopeful of some diplomatic "solution."
Which some deluded politicians are.

They are infiltrating our country while they plot and prepare their next assaults, likely far worse than the ones they have already committed.

I remember the images of the planes being flown into the WTC towers and imagining the horror of the people on the planes and those in the towers.

I remember the images of people jumping from the Twin Towers — head first, feet first, solo, hand-in-hand, to escape the inferno of burning jet fuel. What an absolutely unimaginable choice that must have been.

I remember watching the towers collapse and then seeing that nightmare cloud of dust, filled with god knows what, billowing down the street between buildings, overtaking people. It was like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. Only this was not fiction.

I remember the images of the Pentagon, on fire, walls collapsing.

I remember the image of the aircraft outline burned into the Pennsylvania field and thinking that if anything ever deserved a Hollywood ending, Flight 93 did. But this was real life with real people, and the ending was all too real.

I remember how our enemies cheered.

I remember how Americans came together, political ideologies forgotten (except for the lunatic fringe).

I remember how patriotism became a good thing again and how our military was truly supported.

Americans have notoriously short memories.
But our enemies do not.

They are watching and paying attention; when a politician declares that the war on terror is just a 'bumper sticker', they are listening.

Make no mistake, we are at war, and will be at war for a long time. We are facing enemies who seethe with hatred for America and our way of life, and these enemies are willing to die to bring death and destruction to America.

Despite anti-war rhetoric, the war in Iraq is a part of the overall war on terrorism. It is a war we must win; if we fail to prevail, we will sooner or later be fighting them in America.

We are in a battle to the death, ours or theirs.

Let's make it theirs.


This American Flag was recovered from the smoking rubble of the WTC.