Today is the 4th anniversary of the mass murders of innocent Americans in the Twin Towers and Pentagon building.
Watching, over the last week, some of the coverage of that awful event reminds me just how lucky most of us are to not have personal experience of such horrors.
The death and pain so many went through - and the tales of heroism - remind us of what it is to be human. Suffering, stoicism, determination, duty - are all part of the human condition. It is our response to these that determines what we actually are and gives us our ability to be happy. Despite my misgivings over the Iraq war I believe America shows itself to be tough, dynamic, united and, in the end, very human.
We should be grateful we have the freedoms we do - and be vigilant in their defence, wherever the attack comes from. In the meantime, our thoughts are with our American cousins.
Not just Americans were killed, Gary.
Comment by DE — September 11, 2005 @ 6:43 pm
Absolutely right DE - well corrected. And the jihadists managed to kill about 400 of their co-religionists too - useful information for the liberal-left who insist on treating these people as rational human beings with whom we can do business with…
Comment by Gary Monro — September 12, 2005 @ 10:23 am