Comments on: The 9/11 Horror Fest http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2006/09/09/the-911-horror-fest/ Stuff worth writing about Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J.D. http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2006/09/09/the-911-horror-fest/#comment-51 J.D. Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:10:09 +0000 http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2006/09/09/the-911-horror-fest/#comment-51 Yeah. I think that people waited almost a full day before complaining that the President hadn't released a statement soon enough. One thing that's sort of interesting to think about: Pearl Harbor took place in December of 1941. Japan surrendered in August of 1945. The war on terror has lasted for more than a year longer than our involvment in WWII. Worse, there's no end goal. There's no place where we can say "Now we've won!" What is the victory condition for the War on Terror? Yeah. I think that people waited almost a full day before complaining that the President hadn’t released a statement soon enough.

One thing that’s sort of interesting to think about: Pearl Harbor took place in December of 1941. Japan surrendered in August of 1945. The war on terror has lasted for more than a year longer than our involvment in WWII.

Worse, there’s no end goal. There’s no place where we can say “Now we’ve won!” What is the victory condition for the War on Terror?

]]> By: Barbara H. http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2006/09/09/the-911-horror-fest/#comment-46 Barbara H. Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:20:36 +0000 http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2006/09/09/the-911-horror-fest/#comment-46 I don't think the 9/11 anniversary coverage is meant to, or will across the board, incite terror. It's a time of remembrance -- just like people who lived through the Pearl Harbor attack or soldiers who lived through D-Day remember the time, the experiences, their fallen comrades. Our country was probably more unified than it has ever been in my lifetime right after 9/11 and I remember that with sadness that it didn't last. Seeing those images again does not terrify me. The increased security measures at aiports after the recent terrorist attempt on London contribute more in that direction. I don’t think the 9/11 anniversary coverage is meant to, or will across the board, incite terror. It’s a time of remembrance — just like people who lived through the Pearl Harbor attack or soldiers who lived through D-Day remember the time, the experiences, their fallen comrades. Our country was probably more unified than it has ever been in my lifetime right after 9/11 and I remember that with sadness that it didn’t last.

Seeing those images again does not terrify me. The increased security measures at aiports after the recent terrorist attempt on London contribute more in that direction.

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