Photo: Firefighters work to put out the fire at the Pentagon the morning of September 11th, 2001.
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended... make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass this test." President George W. Bush
Today, we remember the attacks on our country that happened eight years ago and heralded a war that continues today around the world. More than three thousand people lost on the East Coast, countless tens of thousands of people--military and
civilians--dead or wounded around the world in the past eight years. This is a war that will last for decades. We fight an enemy that is driven by an ideological fervor to eradicate any civilization, any religion, any nation, and any person that disagrees with their beliefs.
We have witnessed attacks on other countries like Britain and Spain, we have witnessed horrible acts against individuals, like the beheading of journalist Daniel Pearl. We have seen countries like Afghanistan hijacked from its people by groups like the Taliban.
...and in this country, we waste time debating the morality of waterboarding suspected terrorists?
During another war, British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said it best, "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." - Winston Churchill, Speech in November 1942 British politician (1874 - 1965)
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