One of the worst things about 9/11, after all of the casualties, is how badly we reacted to it.
Everybody got scared shitless and America made herself look like a frightened little bunny of a country.
We made air travel unbearable with the TSA.
We implemented the Patriot Act which, not having been found unconstitutional, revealed the weakness of our constitution.
It took forever to replace the World Trade Center, and when we finally did, we put up a hideous building that's all tower--
a disgrace compared to what was once there.
[I think China would have put up identical towers to what were there before only twenty stories taller,
and they'd have done it within six or nine months, tops.]
And we never made the towelheads, especially the Saudis, really pay for what they did.
A strong leader would have nuked Mecca into oblivion just to make a point. Fuck the oil.
In most ways, the America which helped the Allies win WWII died on 9/11/2001.
What's left is a fucking dumpster fire.
In every practical way, the Islamist terrorists won.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
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