Poetic Indeed
One mountain at a time...it's what we owe those who died during this attack of evil. As someone else stated recently, the media are beginning to lose focus...calling it a "tragedy" or "the events of 9/11". Make sure you don't let it happen ,people. It was an ATTACK....a brazen desperate attack upon people that were just living their lives...some more innocent than others, not all saints, surely a few sinners. Make no mistake about it though...clay feet or not, they were OUR people, and as the world is learning, we honor our fallen with more than mere words...we sanctify their passing by trying to do meaningful acts in their name. You can debate the reasons as many have done...claiming that we're protecting our oil interests or the butts that sit in Washington D.C., but don't dare debate it around me or you'll have an earful coming your way. There are a limited number of mountains in that country, and if we stand firm and resolute, we can make sure none of them harbor this band of killers. And then, if we are the people we claim to be, we should go to the next country with a repressive government and watch as their supposedly "mighty" armies melt away....not from our external attack, but from the internal knowledge that they are wrong and cowardly and weaker than the world would ever believe. We called them Paper Tigers in my youth...and they roar their defiant howls of evil until people with courage point to them and dare them to die for what they espouse. I have no fear of our people failing to rise to any challenge put forth to us...how many other countries can make this claim? Britain assuredly, and perhaps a handful of others, some of which might surprise us. Sorry...it's late and I'm feeling weary and cynical and angry that these evil creatures force us to destroy them with their own foibles. I'll sleep for awhile...but don't let the word "events" mislead you, because it's the first step towards forgetting. Q---