Never Forget

This is the anniversary (and doesn't that sound like an inappropriate word) of 9/11. Four years ago, seemingly out of the blue, we were attacked. Here is what I wrote on the one-year remembrance of that day of evil.

As part of remembering that day, I want to remind you that what happened wasn't really out of the blue. If we had all been paying attention, and if the media -- both national and foreign -- had been doing its job, the growing menace of Islamist terrorism would have been taken more seriously.

The best way I can remind you is to link to this excellent essay at Sweetness & Light: Deaf. Dumb. Blind. Please read it. There were signs of what was to come, but nobody paid attention.

Unfortunately, many have forgotten the horror of 9/11 and have gone back to being deaf, dumb and blind. If you would have told me four years ago that people would go back to sticking their heads in the sand, I would have never believed you. I would have never believed that so many people would not only go back to the same partisan bickering, but that the bickering would turn into toxic, insane hatred. As always, human nature never fails to disappoint.

But for those of us who do remember, let us keep trying to shake people out of their complacency. Let us keep the focus on the real enemy. Those 3,000 who died that day deserve at least that.

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