Reflection

The last few weeks, I have found myself thinking about life. The anniversary of the September 11th attacks started me thinking about the state of things. The apathy from people surrounding 9/11 is startling. Some people have forgotten the horror of that day, or are distancing themselves from it in order to justify their belief that we should not fight. I am not some crazy conservative that likes war and thinks that we should continue on this path forever. I am a firm believer that there are some things you just can't negotiate away. There are people in this world whose only goal is to anihilate Americans in any way possible. Al-qaeda can be compared to the Manson family in the United States. Their ideals and outrageous beliefs are originated from a psychopath and perpetrated by people to weak minded to realize that. Just as Charles Manson led his followers, and encouraged them to carry out heinous crimes in the name of something, Osama Bin Laden encourages his people to destroy innocent lives in the name of something. That something is Islam. Muslims, as a whole, may not be a violent people, but the book they live by speaks clearly about people less worthy than they are. It is not a far stretch to see how a psychopath could distort the Islamic views and beliefs into what these rogue bands of thugs believe. This distorted view of the world is what makes these individuals so dangerous. They will not bend to reason or compassion. No amount of discussion or reasoning or barganing  will prevent them from doing what they think they should do, snuff out American life. For everyone out there who blames President Bush for the war, sighting supposed evidence that they had false information and acted on it, stop. What would you have done? The Bush administration and the 9/11 attacks were the result of trying to negotiate with terrorists and ingnoring evidence in the Clinton administration. The clinton administration knew of the danger and did nothing, seeking to perpetuate there agenda. That resulted in Al Qaeda getting a backdoor pass to the United States. Anyone who thought this through would be aware that such an attack would have needed planning for years. It was not spontaneous. In the years since the war in Iraq, we may not have captured Osama Bin Laden, but the Bush administration took down Saddam Hussein, and many other tyrants and dangers to the American people. This is what the activists choose to forget so they can perpetuate their agenda. The truth is out there, people just have to be willing to see if for what it is. If people in the United States would unite against the true dangers to the country and stop fighting over religion, the president, healthcare, and all of the other smoke screens, we may be able to protect ourselves against further attack. Right now, we are weak and divided. We have succeeded in making ourselves a bigger target than we could have ever imagined. At this rate, we won't need Al Qaeda to destroy us, we will do that ourselves.