The Twin Towers
Eleven years ago today, all of America’s postwar bullying, lying, cheating, deceiving, extorting and specifically self-serving ways resulted in the massive attack that destroyed the Twin Towers in downtown Manhattan.
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The wonderful David Rovics again;
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Clearly, it wasn’t enough of a lesson.
im so sad that people r died in 9 11
First off, let me say that I love this site and what you are doing here. I pretty much think you’re spot on and doing a fantastic thing in presenting this material to the world.
That said, I think this entry is pretty callous and insensitive to the the families of the over 3,000 people who died in fear on that day.
Fight the power but don’t forget your humanity and compassion.
Kevin, thanks for your comment.
I’m a New Yorker and, inevitably, knew people caught up in the horror. I’d also like to think that the overall ethos of On This Deity suggests that my sympathies will always naturally be with innocent victims.
That said, I believe one of the great tragedies of 9/11 was that most Americans had no clue WHY this happened (I’d wager the majority still don’t). It certainly wasn’t because “America is the brightest beacon for freedom.”
We are all World Citizens and thus have a responsibility to at least know what our governments perpetrate in our name. What happened on 9/11 was disgusting. But so too are America’s foreign policies, which have been responsible for the spilling of untold innocent blood all over the world.
Kevin, I initially had the same reaction as you after reading today’s post. But what can be more callous than a generation of politicians who’ve latched onto this horrific tragedy for their own political gains and to push their own agendas? How many MORE lives were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan as a result of the Great 9/11 Excuse stuffed down America’s throat? We had the worlds’ sympathies and we decided the best response was to ignore everyone else and follow a path that lead to the death of more innocent civilians.
A truly sad event that has only lead to even sadder events in the last 11 years.
I know who did it. The person is from Keighley.
Errrmmm….how did you find out? Who told you? Please be assured that we mistakenly flew into the wrong buildings (y’ just can’t trust foreigners to do the job right) – but at least we had Building 7 wired in case things went wrong, just to make sure we took the right building out whatever happened. Pheewww….. But please: keep this to y’self (if mi mum finds out, I’ll be in the shit!)
Ask Max! – http://rt.com/programs/keiser-report/
Bhhggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr……….
corse u know who done it you fag
that is pritty bad what they did there
If you look very close in this picture you can see Osama himself but his much bigger than the real one..
wow that pic is so graphic i cant even think how bad they had to suffer. That is just torcher looking at it.:(
rebuild the twin towers plzz!!!!!!!
any 1 who makes jokes about 9/11 must be real sick. Are they so far up the terrorist
arse that they dont understand what others have gone through. Even though I am
not directly affected, I still have respect for those who are. Wait til something major happens to the jokers, then let them feel the wrath of evil on their heads.
There’s some irony that 9/11 will now always be remembered for the twin towers attack rather than another anniversary which would otherwise merit inclusion here – the US backed coup in Chile that removed the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende. And replaced it with the fascist dictatorship of Pinochet – subsequently supported by the US and Britain for decades.
A very insightful comment, journeyman.
The Pinochet coup is recounted here at On This Deity in the tragic story of Victor Jara:
http://www.onthisdeity.com/15th-september-1973-–-the-death-of-victor-jara/