My memories of September 11, 2001 are likely little different than those of so many others. Thankfully, no one I knew died in those attacks, but I mourned just the same; and in that way one can ever truly recover from such a thing, I still do and always will mourn.
Ten years on, my emotions have evolved, however. Because for ten years I’ve watched the Left, much of Hollywood and almost all of the news media turn against our country for mercenary, partisan political reasons. And none of this surprised me. In the aftermath of the atrocity as solemn celebrities hosted benefit concerts and Democrats sang “God Bless America” on the Capitol steps, I knew it wouldn’t last and that over time they would become America’s enemy within in the fight to protect herself. I never even took a moment to hope I was wrong. Why waste the energy.
If you recall, we had seen it all before. We saw it when after spending years undermining a war of liberation with the Killing Fields of Cambodia as a direct result, the Left never once stopped to second guess themselves.
With great pride I watched my cousin Kyle join the military when the war was at its ugliest and just last week my grandson Mikey left boot camp and started his hazmat training with National Guard. With horror I’ve watched the Left use every dishonest trick and tool at their disposal to make their jobs harder.
September 11 didn’t strip me of my innocence, it confirmed my darkest cynicism. There is evil in the world and it is everywhere. Mikey and Kyle and so many of our finest sons and daughters have and will fight this evil on the battlefield with metal and gunpowder and courage. Those of us who don’t have the honor of wearing the uniform must fight it here at home with words and truth and, yes, courage.
Don’t get me wrong, I have faith — faith in America, and more importantly, in Americans. But I also know that our enemy within is okay with the Killing Fields of Cambodia as a result of their means to an end.
“Never forget” isn’t just about remembering the horrific sight of planes crashing into the Twin Towers.
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