September 11, 2006

• Lots of stuff today all over the radio and tv about the 5th year
  anniversary of September 11. Sure, its great that nobody forgets and that
  we are having all these remembrances, but honestly, not to be mean,
  what good is it? Sure, we should take a day to remember, but after that
  we need to move on and realize something

   It has been 5 years since 9/11 and justice has yet to be
  rendered. Bin Laden still walks the earth, a free, yet semi marked man.
  Why aren't more people like me? Why aren't they furious at our
  so-called president. America should be outraged. Now, I understand that
  finding him wasn't going to be easy. Its not like we are looking for
  Yao Ming among a bunch of first graders. But, before you let Bush off
  the hook on this one, as so many people are prone to do, consider this.
  We are supposed to be the most powerful country in the world. We are
  supposed to have the best military and law enforcement in the world. We
  probably have  the most money. We are supposed to have the best
  technology. And looking back through history, when America has had a
  great loss, justice has been quick and powerful. When Lincoln was killed,
  John Wilkes Booth was caught within days. When Pearl Harbor was
  attacked, we were in the middle of the war shortly thereafter and we
  dished out some severe justice 3 1/2 years later. When Kennedy was
  killed, we caught the supposed killer the same day. When Reagan was
  shot, we caught John Hinckley instantly. Timothy McVeigh was caught the
  same day and charged 2 days later after the bombing in Oklahoma City. When the World Trade Center was
  attacked the first time in Feb 1993, we caught those responsible in
  December 1994. Yet, Sept 11, 2001, which was worse than all of those
  listed above, still remains without vengeance. So, I ask, with the worst
  attack and in American history, shouldn't the standard and expectation
  of justice be greater then anything else above?  Shouldn't our
  most powerful country in the world be able to catch the most evil
  person on the planet within 5 years? As Americans, shouldn't we expect
  justice and anything less than complete justice be unacceptable? When
  Japan attacked a military base, America was stunned and demanded
  vengeance, and wouldn't stand for anything less than complete annihilation
  of Japan. This was the death of over 3000 civilians, we should expect
  that America act with the same vengeance and find those responsible.
  Yet, here we stand, 5 years later, and not any closer to having
  justice. Bin Laden has gotten way with murder and regardless if he
  attacks again or not, he has gotten away with the murder of 3000
  people. How does that make you feel? I know how it makes me feel, and
  every American should be raging mad that this man has yet to serve a
  day in prison for this massacre. Yet, day after day, week after week,
  month after month and sadly, year after year, we don't yell, we don't
  demand and most importantly, we don't hold those in charge responsible
  for not catching Bin Laden.

  Now, that begs another question, just who is responsible? Sure, Bill
  Clinton takes some of the blame, after all, Bin Laden attacked the USS
  Cole in October 2000 and lived to attack again. But, the fact that bin
  Laden still roams free is squarely the fault of one George W. Bush. In
  the days, weeks, and months that followed, Bush insisted to the
  American people that Bin Laden would be caught and that the "cowards
  that attacked America" would be caught. Sure, Bush talked a good game,
  but in the end, he was more bark than bite, at least when it came to
  Bin Laden. Sure, he rightfully took us into Afghanistan, but didn't he
  honestly look for him? He focused on Bin Laden and Afghanistan for a few
  months and than once the Taliban fell, he took his eye off the ball and
  focused on what he had longed to do, get Sadaam Hussian. Because we
  have spent 3 years, 5 months and 8 days in Iraq, which is 3 years, 5
  months and 8 days and counting that we could have been focused on Bin
  Laden. Now, with that extra time, only focused on Bin Laden, don't you
  think we just might have caught him? Or at least made some serious
  progress in catching him? Bush has screwed America and all those people
  have died without the justice America has come to expect. And don't
  give me that typical Bush lie that Iraq was connected with Al Qaida,
  because we all know it wasn't. And, after all, Bin Laden is still
  responsible and he was not in Iraq. About the only thing that Iraq's
  weapons of mass destruction and Bin Laden have in common is that
  neither were ever in Iraq. At the end of the day, what we really want
  is Bin Laden.

  The question remains, why haven't we caught him? After all, we went
  into Iraq in March of 2003 and caught Sadaam in Decemeber of 2003. It
  has been 5 years since 9/11 and yet Bin Laden runs around from cave to
  cave, putting out more videos than Tupac. Some say we haven't caught
  him because Bush is in bed with the Bin Laden family, and even though
  the family has disowned him, they still protect him. That remains to be
  seen, but it has to be a little more than coincidence. But, in the end,
  it all comes back to the Iraq war. Our focus, money, troops and power
  are all in Iraq instead of trying to find Bin Laden. And for this, not
  only should America be paralyzed with rage, but Bush should be removed
  from office.

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