After 9/11 the entire country became political again. We had a vested interest in our government and what they were doing to protect us. Politics never went away, but the intensity from the general public, I think, had simmered.
We, Americans, had become comfortable. We had everything we needed. There was no threat that we needed to hold our government accountable for. The concerns at home, were as easy to ignore as the homeless man outside the subway station.
Then…planes. Glass. Fire. We had to take off our rose-colored glasses. They don’t work when there is smoke in the air. We had to recognize the threat.
And we found the threat…but it turned out to be us.
Then…planes. Glass. Fire. We had to take off our rose-colored glasses. They don’t work when there is smoke in the air. We had to recognize the threat.
And we found the threat…but it turned out to be us.
It took awhile, but all fingers pointed back to our government. Just like Viet Nam, just like WWII, we helped the bad guys. In return, we ignored them until they became a problem for us all.
Here we are in the millennium still suffering for the mistakes of the previous century. It took us 8 years but now we have an opportunity to crawl out of the wreckage of 9/11. To change the psyche of America. To correct our perception at home and abroad.
Here we are in the millennium still suffering for the mistakes of the previous century. It took us 8 years but now we have an opportunity to crawl out of the wreckage of 9/11. To change the psyche of America. To correct our perception at home and abroad.
All eyes are on America right now: http://www.newsweek.com/id/164981
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