Friday September 11, 2015

I've Been Thinking:

It's 9-11. 14 years have passed.

9-11 changed us all. It changed the society we live in and it changed how we approach the world.

Today, 14 years later, we understand that there are people - many people, major swaths of the world, who despise and hate almost all that the United States of America stands for. Their numbers are large, approximating 100 million - most are silent supporters. They show disdain and go about their lives.

But what about those who are not silent? Those who not only despise us and harbor hatred toward us and put that hatred on display? Those who train in ways to hurt us, who plot against us and who plan to attack Western targets?

Many of those haters are volunteers in militias in Iraq and Syria, Some have joined ISIS, others al Qaeda.

We learned our lessons from 9-11. Our haters learned lessons, too. One crucial lesson they learned is that they can attack the United States and it will hurt us.

This is a lesson they are putting to good use.

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