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The Two 9/11s
American Thinker
We Americans look back to the attacks of September 11th, 2001 with sadness, remembering the innocent lives taken on that day. But we also look back on that day with a sense of national pride. Countless ordinary people emerged as heroes to meet the challenges set before us by a small group of Islamic terrorists that were hell-bent on destroying our nation’s morale and economy. But contrary to their ambitions, a firmer, more resilient America was forged on that day.
Part of this can be attributed to George W. Bush, who gave Americans a powerful, direct message on September 12th, 2001. “Freedom and democracy are under attack,” he said, and he made the promise that “America will use our resources to conquer this enemy. We will rally the world. We will be patient. We will be focused. We will be steadfast in our determination. This battle will take time and resolve. But make no mistake about it: we will win.”
On September 11th, 2012, this enemy attacked America again. Islamist insurgents stormed the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, murdering four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Protesting crowds in Cairo scaled the US Embassy walls and tore down the American flag, replacing it briefly with a flag of their own.
This time, unlike 2001, their identity is less hidden by the shadows. We know this enemy well. We know that a “black Islamist flag,” potentially an al Qaeda flag, flew over the US Embassy in Cairo on the day of the attacks. And we know that the likeliest suspect in the Libya attack is a “pro-al Qaeda group” like the one that hoisted an al Qaeda flag over a Benghazi courthouse last October.
But unlike his predecessor, who responded to an attack against America with vigorous and determined words, Barack Obama has responded with tepid regurgitations about moral relativism among religions, and ambiguity about the perpetrators of the crime and its aftermath.
William Sullivan@American Thinker wrote “a small group of Islamic terrorists”
Who managed to convince NORAD to stand down, confiscate almost all CCTV footage of the W House incident, disappear flight 77, demolish building 7 in seconds without lifting a finger, trade billions in PUT options etc etc. Please enough with this nonsense!
The 2012 incident will no doubt in time be revealed as psychological warfare perpetrated by the usual suspects, one only has to look at the organisation of by looking at the professional looking posters conveniently translated into English held by the protestors to realise this was not a spontaneous action, but a planned event, right down to the not inconspicuous date.
An American perhaps, a thinker I think not. ‘Fooled me once – shame on you…’