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This is one day that will be etched in everyone's memory of everybody for the forseeable future. I remember it vividly. I was getting ready for work in the office, listening to Talksport and a discussion about Liverpool FC, then the first reports of the attacks starting filtering through, then rapidly changed from an accident to a terrorist attack. Switched it to Sky News, and it was like watching a film, because it just seemed too incredible to believe terrorists were attacking the US mainland. Safe to say, from that moment I had no intention of going to work. I was absolutely transfixed by what was happening-albiet in a horribly morbid way. But there's one image I'll never forget, and that was look of President Bush when his aide told him what was happening. My initial reactions fluctuated from disbelief, shock, horror, anger...and was a continuous loop. On the streets in the town it was much the same with a lot of people. Every pub, cafe, electrical shop had the live pictures and people were literally crowding to watch.
But there's also one thing I remember vividly aswell. The incredible bravery of the New York emergency services. The total disregard for their own lives to save other lives, was just absolutely incredible-albiet with tragic consequences for themselves. I can say safely without doubt, that I would never be able to do what they did that day-I would've been absolutely terrified beyond belief. But even more incredible, was the immense bravery of those passengers on Flight 93 who overcame the hi-jackers and brought the plane down and sacrificed their own lives. And of course, the fear spread like wildfire throught the country, with airports closing down, people heading home. It was a masterstroke by Al Qeada (sp) and Bin Laden-staging the attacks during rush hour in New York and the Pentagon, so that other countries would be able to witness everything and be terrified.
But as usual, there was dirty fallout from this. All of a sudden, whilst in the US there was untold amounts of grief, in other countries, including this one, there were people blaming the US for all this-or even saying the US planned it all themselves, or saying Flight 93 never happened. Foreign policy being the main weapon of blame on the US. Ok, maybe some policies were ill-thought out, but how does that justify the slaughter (that's what it is-mindless slaughter) of thousands of innocent people, who were from all over the world, working to provide for their own families, minding their own business. Simply answered - there is no justification. There is no reason behind mindless, violent slaughter. So that is a null argument-absolutely pointless.
What I don't understand is the unbridled hatred of some people for the US that poured out during the aftermath of 9/11. And I never will. To me, the people who insulted the US after the attack (because that's what they did-insulted the US and the memories of the people who died) came across as people who supported terrorism. And some admitted they supported the attacks-saying it was a wake up call for the US. Sadly, those people are still alive, spreading their hatred.
And the bravery of the soldiers from all countries involved in Arghanistan should be commended. They get vile abuse from, quite frankly, idiotic dicks, when they are doing what they are ordered to do-preserving our way of life, and eradicating highly dangerous people. These men and women should be getting the highest form of praise from everyone. But as we've witnessed, most of the time, they don't. They joined the armed forces for a reason. To defend us and make us proud of them, and proud of themselves. How are they supposed to do that with sickening amounts of hatred aimed at them?
I had praise for the politicians who reacted as quickly as they could, saying they would destroy the terrorists, that there was now a war on terrorism. But they were wrong on one thing. They said that they would never let terrorists change our way of life. But they have. A lot more than they realise.
So I'm wondering what other people were doing/what their reaction was on the day of the attacks, and what they think of the aftermath of the attack. Were we right to go into Afghanistan? Could we have done more to prevent this from happening? Is the US responsible for what happened? I have no doubt in my mind, as do a lot of sane people, that the US was in no way responsible for 9/11. None whatsoever. It was mass murder on an unparralled scale.
And if you have conspiracy theories-don't bother. I made a thread for that sort of thing already. As it is nothing more than a theory-not one fact whatsoever. So feel free to post it there instead please.
This is one day that will be etched in everyone's memory of everybody for the forseeable future. I remember it vividly. I was getting ready for work in the office, listening to Talksport and a discussion about Liverpool FC, then the first reports of the attacks starting filtering through, then rapidly changed from an accident to a terrorist attack. Switched it to Sky News, and it was like watching a film, because it just seemed too incredible to believe terrorists were attacking the US mainland. Safe to say, from that moment I had no intention of going to work. I was absolutely transfixed by what was happening-albiet in a horribly morbid way. But there's one image I'll never forget, and that was look of President Bush when his aide told him what was happening. My initial reactions fluctuated from disbelief, shock, horror, anger...and was a continuous loop. On the streets in the town it was much the same with a lot of people. Every pub, cafe, electrical shop had the live pictures and people were literally crowding to watch.
But there's also one thing I remember vividly aswell. The incredible bravery of the New York emergency services. The total disregard for their own lives to save other lives, was just absolutely incredible-albiet with tragic consequences for themselves. I can say safely without doubt, that I would never be able to do what they did that day-I would've been absolutely terrified beyond belief. But even more incredible, was the immense bravery of those passengers on Flight 93 who overcame the hi-jackers and brought the plane down and sacrificed their own lives. And of course, the fear spread like wildfire throught the country, with airports closing down, people heading home. It was a masterstroke by Al Qeada (sp) and Bin Laden-staging the attacks during rush hour in New York and the Pentagon, so that other countries would be able to witness everything and be terrified.
But as usual, there was dirty fallout from this. All of a sudden, whilst in the US there was untold amounts of grief, in other countries, including this one, there were people blaming the US for all this-or even saying the US planned it all themselves, or saying Flight 93 never happened. Foreign policy being the main weapon of blame on the US. Ok, maybe some policies were ill-thought out, but how does that justify the slaughter (that's what it is-mindless slaughter) of thousands of innocent people, who were from all over the world, working to provide for their own families, minding their own business. Simply answered - there is no justification. There is no reason behind mindless, violent slaughter. So that is a null argument-absolutely pointless.
What I don't understand is the unbridled hatred of some people for the US that poured out during the aftermath of 9/11. And I never will. To me, the people who insulted the US after the attack (because that's what they did-insulted the US and the memories of the people who died) came across as people who supported terrorism. And some admitted they supported the attacks-saying it was a wake up call for the US. Sadly, those people are still alive, spreading their hatred.
And the bravery of the soldiers from all countries involved in Arghanistan should be commended. They get vile abuse from, quite frankly, idiotic dicks, when they are doing what they are ordered to do-preserving our way of life, and eradicating highly dangerous people. These men and women should be getting the highest form of praise from everyone. But as we've witnessed, most of the time, they don't. They joined the armed forces for a reason. To defend us and make us proud of them, and proud of themselves. How are they supposed to do that with sickening amounts of hatred aimed at them?
I had praise for the politicians who reacted as quickly as they could, saying they would destroy the terrorists, that there was now a war on terrorism. But they were wrong on one thing. They said that they would never let terrorists change our way of life. But they have. A lot more than they realise.
So I'm wondering what other people were doing/what their reaction was on the day of the attacks, and what they think of the aftermath of the attack. Were we right to go into Afghanistan? Could we have done more to prevent this from happening? Is the US responsible for what happened? I have no doubt in my mind, as do a lot of sane people, that the US was in no way responsible for 9/11. None whatsoever. It was mass murder on an unparralled scale.
And if you have conspiracy theories-don't bother. I made a thread for that sort of thing already. As it is nothing more than a theory-not one fact whatsoever. So feel free to post it there instead please.
