The annual anniversary of that horrible day in 2001 is only three days away. Have we learned anything during those 14 years in the interim?
I mean, it's been relatively peaceful here at home. There have been a few random acts of terrorist murders, but nothing even remotely resembling what happened in 2001 has transpired. So, have we become too complacent?
Just what has changed?
Well, not all that much has really changed. We went in and cleaned up Afghanistan and Iraq, but things there are really worse now than they were then. The Taliban is on the rise again and between Al Qaeda and ISIS there are more terrorists... much more wicked and ugly terrorists... than there were in 2001. Iran is on the road to having its nuclear weapons and the United States is the laughing stock of North Korea, Russia, China, Iran, Syria... In 2001, even Bin Laden shuddered at what he knew in his heart would be American response to the impending doom, but today?
We've drawn our share of meaningless red lines in the sand here and there. We thought we were getting away from war, but we have a war against whites and on cops going on right here at home. Our country is more divided than it has ever been, split into so many opposing factions that no modern-day computer can keep track of them. We've got a few "outsiders" horning in on the traditional political circus and the "good old boys" in Washington are shaking in their socks at the prospect.
Actually, although we all thought that the demise of the twin towers was going to be a stark wake-up call for Americans, I think we're much worse off in 2015 than we were at the same time in 2001. After all, in those days... right or wrong... we had an American in the White House.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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