We Need To Remember

As painful as today must be for those who suffered such a terrible loss at the hands of terrorists, it is important that the rest of us be reminded of what took place on this date. Time has a way of distancing us from reality. The major network news shows will devote time to images of memorial services and flowers being laid, names being read and songs being sung. But although painful to watch, those news shows really should devote an almost equal amount of time to replaying images like the picture above. Not to be sensational, but rather as a sobering reminder. We do need to see those airplanes turned into torpedoes crashing into the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and a field in western Pennsylvania. We must be vividly reminded that there are those who are sadly still among us who want to wipe us off the face of the earth in the name of Allah. They openly reminds us all that they will not give up until we are destroyed.
As bold as our sworn enemy is in their relentless determination, it still amazes me that so many of my fellow Americans along with others around the world refuse to wake up to the fact that this is war for our very survival. Whether it's their unwillingness to confront the enemy head on or their belief that somehow we must engage in dialogue to learn more about each other and appreciate who we all are, it continues to baffle me how so many can be so naive about the real danger that confronts us.
That is why marking days like these and being reminded of the unspeakable horror that rained down on this nation is exactly what we need as a people. May we be reminded daily of the enemy among us. The more complacent we become as a nation, the closer we get to a time when all we've fought for, sacrificed for and died for as a people will be no more. Then it will be too late. God bless the families of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice on that bright, crisp September morning six years ago. They had no choice on that morning. We who remain have a choice to do all in our power to see such a day never again occurs on our soil.