Reading the newspapers this morning and listening to the news has just flat pissed me off…
I lost two good friends in the Pentagon, Retired Captain Jack Punches and Captain Larry Getzfred. I served with and crossed paths with both these gentlemen from the 1970’s until 2001. I went to Arlington, and stood there remembering these guys like it was yesterday- How good they were with the sailors, how they worked throughout their careers to succeed in the Navy culminating in command tours. Jack had VR-24 in Sig and was well respected and remembered by his sailors, Larry had VP-40 and was very successful during the end of the cold war.
Yet today’s media pushes the idea it is time to ‘move on’ that 9/11 should become a part of our ‘history’ rather than continue to be kept at the forefront of people’s minds…
The media has also come out saying the reports due today on the conduct of the war are biased, some have said the reports are outright lies and some websites have marked General Petraeus as a traitor!
WTF Over? Are the democrats really that desperate? Has the Hate Bush campaign really got that much power?
What about the fact that we have been attacked by terrorists since 1985? Oh well, that was just attacks against the military, so I guess that doesn’t count…
What about the Embassies that were attacked over the years? Same thing…
September 11, 2001 was what woke America up, because the attacks finally came to our shores, and were successful…
We are STILL at war against the terrorists, they are committed to killing us-
If we ‘move on’, what will we do when the suicide bombers are in our Malls and shopping centers, at our sporting events, and bombing our schools? Negotiate???
We listened to General Petraeus’ report along with US Ambassador Crocker today. As usual there were the screamers etc, in the back, who were thrown out. Too bad their punishment does not include being shipped to Iraq to get an up close and personal view…
We thought the briefs were well presented, and pretty realistic. Two of the folks were just back from IA’s in the Gulf, so they were able to verify directly much of what was said.
Congresscritter Lantos questioned the General, using a “media” reference and questioned whether ADM Fallon actually supports the phased mission completion and withdrawal. Huh??? General Petraeus works for ADM Fallon, why would they NOT agree???
Lantos went after Crocker about a diplomatic “surge”, taking a swipe at the administration while using the Congressional diplomatic actions to get observers into North Korea and taking credit for pacification of Libya!
Congresscritter Wexler must have been the designated Democrat hit man, as he called Gen Petraeus a liar, saying the brief differed from the NIE, therefore it MUST be wrong… Lemme see- NIE= a whole bunch of inputs from every agency (half of whom have NO ONE on the ground) vs. one General, who was actually on the ground…
Sigh…
I’m embarrassed by the Congresscritters- The majority could not ask a coherent question if their lives depended on it. Also, when they didn’t get the refutation they wanted, they started going further and further afield…
Oh yeah, Wexler the Heckler got on an absolute rant for a couple of minutes, never did ask a real question, just denigrated the General’s statement and even quoted a Gallup poll!!! Unbelievable…
A friend told me his opinion of Congress was they were acting like the dogs they are-
If they can’t eat it or screw it, they piss on it and walk away…
Come to think of it, THAT is an insult to all the self-respecting dogs out there.
Please, take a minute tomorrow and remember those who died at the WTC, the Pentagon, on ALL the flights and those who have given their lives defending us from further attacks.
Great post! I’m sorry for the loss of your friends. Everyone has specific memories and their own connection to the tragedy in some way via either people they know or through their own emotional responses. The media and the politicians need not tell us how to remember it, how to relive it, who to mourn, or politicize it.
thank you for saying that. I was appalled by how little thought there was to the victims of 9-11 and the soldiers who have lost their lives in the war on terror every since. I work for the government, yet there was nothing, no email, no moment of silence. Nothing.
My brother worked part time at the Pentagon, and I still taste the fear in my mouth when I first heard it was hit.
And it’s just getting worse. Today’s assault on Petraeus was even more despicable that that of yesterday.
This country is doomed.
Well, I spent 9/11 in the air, flying to Japan (again)… The Captain asked for a moment of silence in rememberance during the push back. Also, there was a good bit of discussion on 123.45 over the Pacific about 9/11 between flight crews.