17
years since the skies of a beautiful September morning turned to horror,
blackened with the flesh and blood and bones and hopes and dreams and plans
of 3,000 souls gone in a moment, changing
our nation and the world forever.
17
years of war.
My
wife and I have raised a family in that time.
My
nephew was born 3 days earlier. He just turned 17. A Junior in high school.
My
youngest daughter was 3. Now a Junior in college.
My
oldest daughters were in junior high. Now married with families of their own
living too far away.
With
our six grandchildren.
Except for my two oldest none of these children or grandchildren or any of that generation have known a time without America at war, although I doubt most of them realize it. Afghanistan is something that occasionally "intrudes" on their life during the evening news or newspaper headlines. But they don't understand why.
They
don't connect Ground Zero and Manchester
and Bataclan and Nice
Beslan
and Benghazi
and Benghazi
A
generation of TSA and Homeland Security
Of
taking off your shoes to board a plane
Only
passengers beyond security
A
generation of barricades in front of public malls and stores
Of
police armed like soldiers
of
ubiquitous intrusive surveillance and The Patriot Act
A
generation of see something say something.
taught that a backpack on a park bench wasn't something someone
forgot
but
a potential bomb
A
generation of watching the news
waiting...
A
generation who has never known life without war
of a
war without borders
never
known a time of peace
and
likely never will
a
generation not of innocence lost
but
never allowed to be
a
generation with far too many who have accepted this as normal
If
they even think about it at all
That
crisp September morning
filled with ash and smoke and fire and fear
filled with ash and smoke and fire and fear
Seared into memories just a generation ago
About
what evil has brought us to this place
In their young lifetimes
Just another casualty
of
this generation of war
4 comments:
Great post, MR.
My students in my homeschool classes just don't "get it" about 9/11 -- or Islam, for that matter.
I WILL NOT accept "the new normal."
9/11 was a well prepared false flag from inside the Pentagon, by the entire Ziocon monopoly of your country.
It was designed to commence the destruction of 7 countries in so many years. Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Sudan.
During this times approx 2 trillion dollars went missing from Pentagon account.
The facts names and the entire story is easily available on the web.
There can be no doubt that free fall of the towers was caused by thermite explosives lining the walls.
Oh well, lets sing a patriotic song.
A sane view of where most of us are.
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