So, not much news out there this week concerning this Friday’s anniversary. Seems health care is sitting on the front burner and even conservative pundits want the war to end (see my BR’s comments here).
To provide some context in how we got to 9/11/01, and in where we are going, I recommend reading Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower. A very well written and researched history on the origins of bin Laden’s radicalization (as well as others), and the radicalization of Islam in the 20th Century.
It seems people would rather forget and move on, as if the external extremist threats have been dimmed by the passing of time. We can’t, lest this happen again.
Please take some time Friday and remember those who were murdered that day and also those who have given their lives since then to root out the evil. Most of all, remember that this is not over.
