Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center twin towers and on the Pentagon. We don't know for sure the destination of the third plane, forced down by its heroic passengers in PA, possibly the Capitol or White House. Roughly 3000 died that day.
My request to all who read this is the following. Please remember who did this awful collection of acts, why they did it, in whose name they did it, who funded the effort, who aided the suicide squad, and the nationality of the perpetrators.
September 11, 2001, was the Pearl Harbor of the Long War, which as we write 15 years later is far from over. Pearl Harbor wasn't World War II's opening act, nor was 9-11 the Long War's onset either.
World War II had been going on for over two years when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The Long War dates back to the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut in 1983. Both Pearl Harbor and 9-11 mark the beginning of the American public taking a particular conflict seriously.
There is no end in sight for the Long War, no sense that anyone on our side is willing to commit the mass murder needed to end it. In the short-to-medium run, one side is unable to win while the other is unwilling to do so, so the war continues ... fitfully.
If someone tells you Islam is a religion of peace, I'd suggest getting a second opinion.
