I don't think anyone who remembers Sept. 11, 2001 would have imagined that nearly two decades later, we'd not only still have troops in Afghanistan, but it would be a Republican trying to extract them against fierce Democrat opposition.
Indeed, the last few weeks have demonstrated that the Military-Industrial complex has bought out the Democrats and now calls the shots. The party that rode anti-war sentiment to victory in 2006 and 2008 is now all about creating new and exciting conflicts that will claim the lives of people who come from social classes the elite openly despise.
Terrorism was once an affront to America's security and pride, but then it became a problem that could be handled with optics and spin.
The official observance has been banned in New York, but block parties and demonstrations go on, demonstrating yet again that COVID is nothing more than a convenient way for Democrats to punish groups they don't like, such as Orthodox Jews and religious people.
Looking back at Edwardian English, Winston Churchill remarked that "the Old World in its sunset was fair to see."
So it was on a sunny morning in 2001. Every year it becomes harder to imagine a world like it.
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