Eight years ago, somebody tried to kill me. And if you were in America at the time of the attacks, they tried to kill you, too. The people who committed that outrage made no secret of their desire to see us all dead; and I take them at their word. They hate and fear us, and they want us to die screaming. And they succeeded in killing far too many innocents.
Not much room for nuance there – and at seventh and last, there are two possible emotional reactions to that kind of hate; fear, or anger. I chose ‘anger.’ Because 9/11 was an outrage, not a tragedy. And there’s not much else to say about that.
Except that I’m still here, and so are you.
Moe Lane
PS: Don’t bother giving a lecture on a Third Way: it doesn’t exist. Anger, or fear. Pick one.
Crossposted to RedState.
Moe, I would like to see a reprise of your post on this subject 4 years ago. Was that the “I’m still here you SOB” piece.
And while too many of our friends and family are Not here anymore, neither are a hell of a lot more of their killers.
After all, Americans don’t like to die alone…