What have we learned?

[Gonzo]

It's been a year since the attack. We've taken the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. We've watched our president waffle more than Eggos. We've pissed & moaned & cried. We've decided that saddam is our next big target. We now are sure Chirac is a socialist pig with more foreskin than forsight. We know that Blair is the puppet of Dubya. We also know that over 3,000 people were killed that day & while a horrendous number, it beats the shit out of the potential losses.

All that we knew. What have you learned about ourselves, our country, our world or just yourself?

 

[fury]

Not much. Just that I hate terrorists, the public is generally still too stupid to think, our country is still inhabited by many lazy parents who want the government and schools to raise their children for them, and Bush is the best thing to happen to us since... umm... Clinton left office.

 

[PostCode]

I don't think we've really learned anything. People will still remember I think, but I really don't think that the population as a whole has really comprehended the significance of the attack. What really is going to hapen is what will our contry do to itself over the next five to ten years. This homeland security thing....if you really look at it, it's more of a socialist calling than anything else. If you know or "suspect" someone...call the FBI. hmmmm

I don't know really. I think now I would be more afraid of our own government than of another terrorist attack.

 

[Gonzo]

I don't know really. I think now I would be more afraid of our own government than of another terrorist attack.

me too

 

[HomeLAN]

The biggest thing I've learned is what a bunch of weenies Americans have become.

It's been one year with no direct terrorist attacks, and public opinion is already turning against the ongoing war on terrorism. Obviously, we have even shorter memories (and even less cajones) than I thought.

 

[Gonzo]

Nobody was ready for "healing" on December 7, 1942, and "closure" was the last thing anybody wanted.

America, on the first anniversary of that other date that lives in infamy — often the benchmark by which September 11 is judged — wanted blood and vengeance, without apology.
No flowers, no teddy bears, and no exploration of the national angst. No presidential admonitions to think of Shinto as a religion of peace, no appeals to understand the frustrations that drove the misunderstood Nazis to rape Poland and bomb London.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020911-8429718.htm

 

[freako104]

not much im afraid. HomeLAN i dont see it turning away from the idea of war on terrorism just that we are divided in the idea of nuking Iraq. i have said this on many threads so i know how stupid and jaded it is but i stand by it. i dont want america to attack without just cause. Gonzo i did see your post on jjr512 and i do understand what you meant however i do question it as Vietnam and Korea were fought more out of paranoia of communism than anything. however Desert storm, WWI,WWII were all justified to some extent in my eyes the latter being the most just.