Saturday, September 11, 2010

Nine Short Years Later

"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it." ~ Michel de Montaigne



I didn't need to post the preceding video. The images of that fateful day are indelibly etched into Americas collective mind. And yet...

We never thought it would come to this.

Nine years ago today, on September 11, 2001, A group of fanatical Muslim terrorists attacked America, and the entire country came together in solidarity.

We mourned together. We prayed together. We comforted each other. We stood together in defiance against America's enemies. We vowed vengeance together.

Every United States Representative and Senator in Washington gathered together on the steps of the Capitol, stood side by side, Democrats and Republicans, Liberals and Conservatives, and, together, sang "God Bless America".

We were a nation united.

And now. nine short years later, our nation is divided. We are divided over race. We are divided over religion. We are divided over ideology.

What the hell happened?

The religion whose adherents attacked us is now reviled by some, adored by others.

To be fair, most Muslims would have never attacked us. Most American Muslims are law abiding citizens, and wouldn't think of harming another individual.

This act of terrorism was carried out by a small group of fanatical extremists, certainly in no way representative of the whole of Islam.

So, just as there is no logical reason why all Muslims should be hated, there is no reason why all Muslims should be loved and respected.

But now, nine years later, we find, among the Liberals, an inexplicable and illogical love of all things Islam.

I fear this new found Liberal love affair with Islam is symptomatic of a phenomena author Shelby Steele labeled "White Guilt". While trying to be fair, some people are drifting too far in the other direction.

I liken this phenomena to the father who is asked to umpire his own son's little league baseball game. He wants to be fair to both teams, and not show favoritism to his son's team. Invariably, a situation will come up sometime during the game where he will have to make a close call, and he will rule in the opposing teams favor, sub-consciously, just to prevent any possibility of showing bias to his son's team.

Now, there is a whole new sub-culture of Liberal Americans who love all Muslims, regardless of their level of extreme fanaticism. All Muslims good. All Americans and Jews bad. Regardless of whether this is an accurate statement, it certainly appears to be their mindset.

At the same time, there is another sub-culture of Americans who hate all Muslims because of the fact that there still exist in this world, fanatical extremist Muslims who truly want to murder every non-Muslim on Earth. Their mindset appears to be, "The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim".

Neither of these two extremes are accurate. The truth of Islam is somewhere in the middle.

But, America is nevertheless divided.

Nine short years ago, we never thought it ever would come to this.

Cross posted at American Descent

13 comments:

Jim said...

"But now, nine years later, we find, among the Liberals, an inexplicable and illogical love of all things Islam."

No, we don't find any such thing. Totally false statement. What little credibility you have goes completely out the window with crap statements like that.

"Now, there is a whole new sub-culture of Liberal Americans who love all Muslims, regardless of their level of extreme fanaticism."

More BS. See above. Please provide one single example.

"it certainly appears to be their mindset."

No it doesn't. The only place it "appears" is on Fox (cough) News.

Mark said...

Oh really, Jim? And you are privy to what all Liberals think?

My own Liberal PHD Nephew ran off a list of reasons why we should love all Muslims on my Facebook page. And he's just one of thousands.

How's that for an example? You are perhaps the most dangerous type of Liberal because you live in a constant state of denial. While you sit and deny what's directly in front of your eyes, the Muslim extremists are busy plotting their next big attack.

And, one of their next victims might be you or your family.

heidianne jackson said...

jim, i think you're absolutely correct. i have several friends who are those law-abiding citizens (of here and other countries) who would never harm another person. in fact, at my facebook page, one of them (a pakistani) today issued an apology and condolences for those innocent lives lost on 09-11.

and what's more, these friends express the same confusion at liberals' wanting to paint all muslims as good. my pakistani friends observes that they seem to not recognize that there are evil muslims, just as evil exists in all religions and cultures.

only in the realm of observant christians, jews and conservatives do evil people exist. at least in the view of many liberals...

Jim said...

Well Mark, I can't see your facebook page so I don't know the context of your LPN's remarks. You're telling me that he says we should love Bin Laden and members of al Qaeda? He said that?

Want to copy that here? I like to read what he said for the full context.

"You are perhaps the most dangerous type of Liberal because you live in a constant state of denial."

No I don't. I live a state of reality, and I don't believe just any s**t that someone throws up against a wall to see if it will stick.

Only a dufus or wing-nut (not mutually exclusive) would interpret my words to mean that I don't believe there are extremists out to kill Americans or that I would somehow think those extremists are "good." Some of you folks have lost it.

"these friends express the same confusion at liberals' wanting to paint all muslims as good."

The confusion is that they think that liberals are "wanting to paint all muslims as good." Mark's LPN aside, I know of nobody, liberal or anything else, who thinks "all muslims are good". I suggest that you NOT sit silently and let your Pakistani friends believe such a lie.

Trader Rick said...

I can find nothing of merit in anything thatthe mysterious and anonymous "Jim" says, has said, or is likely to say. I find that singularly extraordinary.

Lone Ranger said...

Blah, blah, blah. Most Muslims would never hurt another person. Blah, blah, blah.

Well, not all bears are man-killers, but they exist. The problem is, you can protect yourself against bears. You know when you are in bear country. You can educate yourself, or arm yourself, or be extra cautious, or not go into bear country at all.

But, the 13 people who were killed and 30 others who were wounded at Ft. Hood were not in bear country. They were on a secure military installation. They had no idea they were in danger from an army officer -- and a doctor to boot.

We have an enemy who could be anyone, who could attack anywhere at any time. And this whole, "the vast majority of Muslims are peace-loving" attitude is not only stupid, it's insane.

Susannah said...

Lone Ranger! Bravo!!! Fantastic analogy: 'bear country'.

The very serious problem we have is the denial about which Mark speaks. Denial & refusal of those in political power (aka Obama Administration & MSM) to acknowledge the danger of the insidious enemy we face. When people @ Ft. Hood were murdered by the terrorist in our own uniform, their Commander in Chief called it a 'tragedy,' not the terrorist attack that it so obviously (to the rest of the world) was.

[Listen Jim, I know what you're thinking...and I agree. It was a tragedy. But these people didn't lose their lives by falling off an overlook into the yawning Grand Canyon. They were attacked & murdered in cold blood by a superior officer of their own military - who screamed praises the the god of Islam during his rampage. THAT's a terrorist attack. Big difference. (Remember those nuances we've been talking about @ my blog? Oh, & we've talked about denial too, no?)]

While I wouldn't go as far as to say that the subculture of liberals 'love all things Muslim.' I certainly agree that nobody on the Left is willing to pin responsibility, blame, criticism or shadow of any kind over Muslim-esque issues. Jim wants proof: BHO's repudiation of & slaps to the face of Israel, BHO's twisting of the Grnd 0 mosque as a freedom of religion issue (to quote dear Jim, "what a crock!"), the administration's courting of nearly 'all things muslim' in the near-mid-east -- even to the dertiment of our own sovereignty (bowing to Saudi King, anyone?), & the delirious glee w/ which the sycophantic MSM parrots their Supreme Leader or commarade, or whatever...

I could go on, but my kids will be hungry when they get home & the pantry is bare...

All that to say, keep up the good work Mark. And once again, LR, BRAVO!

Jim said...

"I certainly agree that nobody on the Left is willing to pin responsibility, blame, criticism or shadow of any kind over Muslim-esque issues."

You can agree but it's, excuse me, bulls**t.

"bowing to Saudi King, anyone?)"

Or kissing him or walking hand in hand with him as Bush did? Seriously?

I'm thinking that hours after the Ft. Hood shooting Obama and others with any brain were holding off on deciding exactly what kind of event the shooting was beyond a tragedy. Just because the man shouted Allah akbar doesn't by itself make him a member of a terrorist group anymore than let's say the UVA shooter shouting God Bless America makes him a member of a terrorist cabal.

"the delirious glee w/ which the sycophantic MSM parrots their Supreme Leader or commarade, or whatever..."

More totally unsupportable bulls**t.

heidianne jackson said...

so, just to be clear, Jim: if one is not a member of a terrorist group, one cannot commit an act of terror? following that logic, one who was not a member of hitler's army could not be a Nazi. did I get that right?

Jim said...

"so, just to be clear, Jim: if one is not a member of a terrorist group, one cannot commit an act of terror?"

Not what I said at all. An act of terror would be an act specifically committed to create terror. When the Ft. Hood act was committed, it was not known whether the perpetrator was committing an act of terror or simply went "postal." Just because he said "God is great" doesn't mean he consciously was committing an act of terror. Some investigation would be in order to learn his intent.

"following that logic, one who was not a member of hitler's army could not be a Nazi. did I get that right?"

Nope-ah. There is no comparison (or logic) between my example and yours.

Susannah said...

"But now, nine years later, we find, among the Liberals, an inexplicable and illogical love of all things Islam." ~Mark

"No, we don't find any such thing. Totally false statement...Please provide one single example." ~Jim

Example: Jim's beloved Obamacare & a thing called 'Dhimmitude'

No. No truth whatsoever in Mark's comment. None.

Ha! Wake up Jim!

Jim said...

"Example: Jim's beloved Obamacare & a thing called 'Dhimmitude'"

I've already explained that your assertion that "Obamacare" codifies Dhimmitude is false on your blog and in fact, you linked to the Snopes site that proved me correct.

I'm not a big fan of your so-called "Obamacare." It's a step in the right direction. I'm for single-payer health care system. Medicare for all!

So there, I have ably refuted the premise that liberals (or I) love all things Muslim (as if Susannah's example has anything to do with the subject of this post).

Susannah said...

I've already explained that your assertion that "Obamacare" codifies Dhimmitude is false on your blog and in fact, you linked to the Snopes site that proved me correct.

Like I said Jim-ster, not so fast!

(If anyone cares what we're talking about, you can zip over to my post & see our discussion. Otherwise, sorry for the distraction here!)