Who else agrees with me about 9/11?

Question

I see alot talk on blame i.e. Bush or Clinton. I think we were just caught with our pants down as a nation we are an arrogant people, caught up in our own little world of buying cars and homes, not even thinking of the violence and hatred around the world or believing no one would even dare do something like that, I mean hindsight is 20/20 and the sad part is it took a tragedy of this magnitude to open our eyes.

Answer 1

I agree with you.

Answer 2

Im an Aussie and this just scared the creeps out of me - the media played the footage over & over which I think is giving the terrorists just what they wanted... there are so many rumours about the disaster - the most recent I heard goes IT WAS THE JEWS - apparantely there were no Jews reported at work that day in trade centre - this is just amazing what people can say about this devistation.


I dont think USA was caught with its pants down as you suggest rather that it was a very calculated and organised plan to devistate USA and the rest of the world, which worked. I have heard other rumours suggesting the USA FBI and other high private govt sectors had unveiled this plan but didnt take it seriously enough - who is to know and they will never admit to this until it doesnt matter anymore. Sad eh?

I can only look at this as a horrible horrible event that will never be forgotten, I dont believe the general public know the truth about it at all - I believe in many many years we will have so much conspiracy revealed and all I can say is we are living in awfull times.... lets just hope a massive lesson was learned for all the world leaders - our world has a long way to go before we become one - this should be our goal.

Answer 3

By and large we as Americans ignored the external threats which existed and the escalation of international terrorism. This current incarnation of isolationist thinking really began with the end of the Cold War. The sad part is that we are starting to fall back into the same thinking as more time passes since that dreadful day. I often think back to how I felt on 9/11 and I find the wounds are still deep. This feeling is heightened by the constant claims by some that the United States is too blame for all the world's problems and our own miseries. The truth is that we will have to be reminded again and again because the threats still exist and denying the fact or blaming ourselves only allows them to grow and fester.

Answer 4

I think there is much to be learned from 9/11. As you assert, America was very much caught up with its own personal progression to pay attention to all the signs and actions leading up to that fateful day. But do you not see that the attitudes have not really changed? Everyone is back to the same old way of life...and are proud of that fact. They claim it to be the American resiliance...that they can bounce back and resume their lives. They will not let an enemy take away their freedoms. The national news is still filled ONLY with news in America...not the rest of the world. Unless, of course, its Iraq...because of the American involvement. People are not better versed in international politics. As I said, there was much to be learned from 9/11...but sadly, nothing really has.

Answer 5

Looking back (with 20/20 hindsight, as you said), I think EVERYONE was asleep at the switch. Just find the problems and fix them so it doesn't happen again (if possible). Too much of the debate has focused on who to blame, I agree.

Answer 6

hmmmm...mostly agree, but the severity of the attack shows me that people KNEW that this was going to happen, and didn't want to worry the american people needlessly. I believe it shows how thw government really views the voter, and that they (govt) feel they need to protect us from ourselves. I remember 9/11, and it wasn't political or partisan. it was a day that we felt vulnerable, and you are right...we always were vulnerable. You can't be completely impervious, so I believed that the next step would be to engage these people in real conversations (don't care what the critics say, diplomacy is used in MANY situations, even in ones where it won't work...but sets an example to on lookers) I never in a million years thought that we would respond by invading Iraq. And it still breaks my heart that in the face of this difficult war, people are STILL against trying diplomacy, or adressing the real issues. Just my 2 cents

Answer 7

Yep
I agree.
Too many people want to still live in that world by the name calling and blame the other party.
Deny that Muslim terrorists are real and all we have to do is make nice and they will go away.
We did make nice. Clinton was the master of making nice and they ploted 9/11.

9/11 is not just 1 time act this has been going on for sometime.

I don't know what it will take for people to take their blinders off.

Answer 8

I agree with you, for the most part. There are to many people throwing blame on the opposite political party and not the terrorist. It was not Clinton's fault and it was not Bush's fault it was the terrorist's fault. The part about us being arrogant I have to disagree with you on. I think it was more a matter of being unsuspecting and feeling safe.

Answer 9

If 9/11 were the first thing to happen, I would agree with you. The fact is that we were attacked in 1993 (1st wtc bombing), the African embassies, the USS Cole and a few others.....we looked at these attacks as law enforcement issues instead of the start of the war we're in.

Answer 10

We are really stupid. It's like when you lose a game and spend the next hour telling the press why your guys didn't play well enough and basically handed the game to the other team.

The truth is that Al-Quaeda got us and got us good. Our enemy put in motion a plan and executed it nearly flawlessly. Only American spirit managed to foil the attempt on Flight 73. That's the one thing Al-Quaeda never planned for...the American will to survive and prevail. They figured we would all be sheep.

Let's all be ok admitting that our enemy got the better of us this one time. The Japanese got us good once too and discovered how bad paybacks can be. Al-Quaeda will learn this lesson often.

Answer 11

Exactly. The people who try to place blame for the event on any American really annoy me. I will, however, say that I'm not impressed with Bush's follow-through with regard to capturing Osama bin Laden. I'm very disappointed that he allowed his personal issues to get in the way of what the country needed him to do.