Well put Nicole. I can only think of how my parents felt when they heard about Pearl Harbor. But television didnt exist back then, and now we have all seen tape of that plane flying into that tower. I feel that whoever did this views us as a weak divided nation. They have no idea how much this has brought us all together. I was talking to people in the grocery store this morning sharing with total strangers the horror we have all witnessed. This is one time I am glad that I was at home and not working out of state as I usually am. We will never have the same freedoms in travelling that we had yesterday.
The unthinkable has happened, planes were hijacked and turned into missles. The nerve center of our military intitutions has been severly damaged. Who ever is responible for this act of war should find a very deep hole to hide in, because Americans will not be satisfied until they have been found and punished. I remember reading Tom Clacy's book and how horrific it was to read about a airline pilot with an agenda slamming his plane into the capital building in D.C., that fiction was so small compared to this reality.
As someone who is an uncle to a NYPD cop, a S.O. who manages executive aircraft, and another relative who is a officer on a navy carrier, I can see the ripple effect this horrific act has caused. All of our lives have changed dramatically.
I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with all who have been injured or lost loved ones in the apparent terrorist attacks on our country.
I would like to add my condolences to everyone who has lost frends or relatives today. And, I wish a speedy recovery to anyone who has suffered injuries. pt
I would like to give everybody a briefing from the Mexican boarder the two close to my home have closed and rumor has it that they will open soon, however they are a min. of 5 officers that will be inspecting all cars comming into our country. I have friends in New York and all I can say is Thank God for the internet! I hope everybody is safe and your families are well. Mara
This is about more than just peope dying our entire way of life will be changed because of this.. This isn't just about New Yorkers.. We need to think and pray for the USA
As one post said, this is Pearl Harbor revisitted. This is the Pearl Harbor of this generation.
We, the USA, can not let this pass. Wether it was an act of international terorism or domestic. The US and it's citizens must not forget this action.....EVER.
Our world changed today. The possibilities that follow this are emense. (sorry if my spelling is wrong)
We need to pull together and let the world and know, that the US will not stand for this sort of action.
I feel, once we determine who is responsible for this, we must retaliate with the full ability of our country.
I certainly don't mean this to digress at all from the words of concern being expressed for those directly affected by today's cowardly acts. My own son works only a couple of miles from the Pentagon, & his wife works in the West Wing of the White House. I cannot imagine the depth of the grief I would feel if anything had happened to them, so my sympathy also goes out to all those who lost anyone close to them.
But I too thought of Pearl Harbor when I heard this news. The Japanese Admiral Yamamoto who planned that attack is supposed to have done so somewhat reluctantly & only because he was under orders. In the aftermath, amid all the accodlades he was receiving for the success, he said "I fear we have awakened a slumbering giant." History certainly proved him right.
Does this current generation of Americans have the same kind of resolve, or have we somehow become too soft as many of our enemies want to believe?? I would hope we aren't soft at all, & that public opinion demands truly appropritate action & not something merely done for show. If this is not the last straw I shudder to think what it will take to jolt us enough that we start doing something!
The Japanese, the Germans, and Iraq have already made this mistake. I continue to be confident that we have not turned soft when duty calls.
I was in Iran twice during the revolution in 1978, and understand these people very well. They are fanatics and can't be trusted under any any circumstances.
This a time for us to be calm and present a united front by calling about our daily lives as the British did during WW II.
This is an act of war against all of the civilized world. I am confident the ameriacan people will rise to the occcation although it's not going to be pretty and we may take additional hits in the process- we have to eliminate these people who some how feel it OK to take such measures just becaust the don't agree with some of our international policies.
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