What ever happened to the patriotism and unity that we felt on 9-11?

Question

I can still remember how everyone was displaying the flag and the feeling of patriotism that we felt for our country, and the sense of unity we felt for the people of New York. Does it take a terrible disaster like that to bring us back together again? It seems like the country is more divided than ever.

Answer 1

People became aware of facts..and the 9/11 commission never asked the right questions.

That governments have permitted terrorist acts against their own people, and have even themselves been perpetrators in order to find strategic advantage is quite likely true, but this is the United States we're talking about.

That intelligence agencies, financiers, terrorists and narco-criminals have a long history together is well established, but the Nugan Hand Bank, BCCI, Banco Ambrosiano, the P2 Lodge, the CIA/Mafia anti-Castro/Kennedy alliance, Iran/Contra and the rest were a long time ago, so there’s no need to rehash all that. That was then, this is now!

That Jonathan Bush’s Riggs Bank has been found guilty of laundering terrorist funds and fined a US-record $25 million must embarrass his nephew George, but it's still no justification for leaping to paranoid conclusions.

That George Bush's brother Marvin sat on the board of the Kuwaiti-owned company which provided electronic security to the World Trade Centre, Dulles Airport and United Airlines means nothing more than you must admit those Bush boys have done alright for themselves.

That George Bush found success as a businessman only after the investment of Osama’s brother Salem and reputed al Qaeda financier Khalid bin Mahfouz is just one of those things - one of those crazy things.

That Osama bin Laden is known to have been an asset of US foreign policy in no way implies he still is.

That al Qaeda was active in the Balkan conflict, fighting on the same side as the US as recently as 1999, while the US protected its cells, is merely one of history's little aberrations.

The claims of Michael Springman, State Department veteran of the Jeddah visa bureau, that the CIA ran the office and issued visas to al Qaeda members so they could receive training in the United States, sound like the sour grapes of someone who was fired for making such wild accusations.

That one of George Bush's first acts as President, in January 2001, was to end the two-year deployment of attack submarines which were positioned within striking distance of al Qaeda's Afghanistan camps, even as the group's guilt for the Cole bombing was established, proves that a transition from one administration to the next is never an easy task.

Answer 2

Tina M, thats what the man is talking about.

So why are the Democrats and Republicans working against each other instead of together like they were right after 9/11?

This is how i see it. They both wanted to seem good and appeal to the people so they worked together to hunt down terrorists. Now they are divided spreading their own ideas. All to just appeal to the people so they look better.

Plus the republicans have had a strong hold on congress and the white house so the Democrats are taking advantage of siding with what the people wnat by diagreeing with the war in the Middle East

Answer 3

Simply put the war in Iraq was based on a lie and most people know this. After 9/11 the president was near a 90% approval rating, we had the sympathy of many of the country's in the world. We as a country was supported when we went into Afghanistan, the American people supported it. But George Bush and his agenda has brought not only his own approval down into the mid thirty's, with a low of 29% but in the eyes of the world we are now THE terrorist, we are the aggressor. His decision to go into Iraq based on a lie might of even been to enrich himself, his family and his rich buddy's and people have seen that and understand that we were wrong to do it. As the war rages on we have lost much faith in our own government as a nation. Katrina and the handling of it also contributed, it illegal immigration problem. On and on I could go, but those are the biggies.
Edit: Great question by the way. Not at all what is expected here.

Answer 4

Why you believe what you believe

Experts on the human mind say that humans are convinced to believe things for four principal reasons:

1. You tend to believe most strongly that which you hear first.

2. If you change, it will most likely be to that which you hear repeated many times.

3. You next tend to believe that which you want to believe or that which fits your already conceived ideas or notions.

4. Lastly, humans are least likely to believe that which is logical and makes sense, especially if it contradicts what they hear most!

Interesting, isn’t it? Since the truth serves no one’s purpose and is seldom repeated, most people are left believing only that which serves someone’s purpose. By definition, that means they are left believing a lie. Unless you understand this and guard against it, you will be endlessly confused for most of your life.

And just to keep you happy, hear for your entertainment is

The biggest conspiracy theory of them all


The biggest conspiracy theory is that 19 Arabs, who had been under surveillance, conspired together, walked onto four commercial aircraft without being detected, and without having their names appear on a passenger list. Then that they could overcome over 250 people with plastic box-cutters. And not only that, but with no previous experience of flying large jets, they could navigate from 30,000 feet and hit three out of four targets precisely, meantime conducting flying manoeuvres that fighter pilots would find difficult. Then, the amazing thing is that 7 of them survived the events and are known to be alive today.
Also for the first time ever in history, three, not two, but three steel framed buildings collapsed as a result of fire which could not possibly have burned hot enough to melt steel, and caused the buildings not to topple over, as one might expect, or to fall a little at a time, but to fall within their own footprint at the speed of gravity. And one of those buildings (WTC7) was not even hit by a plane.
Not only that, but the four aircraft disappeared completely without a trace of their 16 large engines, or any of the black boxes. This has also never before happened in history.


This theory is so amazingly full of holes that it is impossible for any sane thinking person to believe, yet that is what the official 9/11 commission report.says.


"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."
-- William Casey, CIA Director (from first staff meeting, 1981)

Answer 5

that has been obviously over ridden by so much hate from the right against the left who were, for good reason against the invasion of Iraq,, Bush has a failed administration, a failed war in Iraq, a failed Republican majority leader, now in disgrace from the facts of the Foley sexual exploitation of high school page boys, and the subsequent decisions by Dennis Hastert to change his story several times as to why, Foley was allowed to continue to receive support and money for his campaign from The Republican party,, the leadership failed him and the page program, and the American people,, however, I think the hate has subsided a lot with the self destruction of the GOP, egos are deflated,, the fallen party on the most part is somewhat humbled,, as well they should be,, no one wants another terrorist attack, the elections on November 7th should be overwhelmingly Democratic,, and that's a good thing,, the conservatives will not be in power anymore, therefore, the arrogance will become sullen for Republicans

Answer 6

I remember too at the hospital I work at, the people were lined up all the way around the block to donate blood that day, sadly it wasn't needed.It seems that tragedies do bring out the humanity in us all. Your question can be a wake up call to all the people out there to do something kind and loving for someone today and not wait for the next tragedy to happen.

Answer 7

It is sad, isn't it? Like some families....you never see each other unless it's a wedding or a funeral.

You would think that, now more than ever, people in this country would be united. Many don't realize that a house divided soon falls. We should all support our country, troops, and our leaders (even if we don't always agree).

Peace to all!

Answer 8

Things are taking a long time and ALL Americans, even the ones who dislike Bush, are just seeking vengeance and the government is having a hard time sorting things out. The people of America are tired of waiting for justice on what happened that day and the current administration is not convincing most people they are doing everything in their power to give them that justice. We all just have to be patient with each other and hope things get better.

Answer 9

300,000,000 people will never live harmoniously together with all the freedom you have in the US, and the growing wealthy class, as well as the growing poor class. 9-11 was like a funeral. Everyone says nice things about the deceased on the day of a funeral, regardless of how big a jerk he was.

Until you care for the poor like having universal health-care for everyone like a caring society, and pay less attention to the other countries of the world, America will grow further apart, and polarized positions.

Answer 10

Good question. It's election year so what's going to be on the forefront? Partisan bickering. It gets old and if the those in office can't stop the bickering, it's going to resonate into the American public.

Some leaders, eh?

Unfortunately, it's probably going to take another attack on our soil for people to wake up. I doubt it though.

Answer 11

The shock and horror that we felt on 9/11 has faded with the passage of time. I know of no way to keep the spirit of 9/11 from fading with time. Unfortunately, it may take a fresh tragedy to reunite us.