Four Years Later...

We are nearing the four year mark since the attacks on the WTC and The Pentagon. What have we done in these four years? The UK has already made arrests in connection to the London Subway Bombings that happened on 07.07.05. Why are we still (not) after those responsible in our attacks? We are still wholly committed to a war that we have no chance of winning. And even if "we" do, what have we won? What have we accomplished?

Two days following the attacks Bush said, "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." On 03.13.02, Bush says "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." Which is it? Some people argue that Hussein was an evil man who needed to be removed. I don't disagree with that statement whatsoever. But the timing is all wrong, and it was not our responsibility to do so. We have a responsibility to those who lost their lives, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and friends on 09.11.01 to bring those responsible to justice. The surviving family members and friends of those victims should be absolutely outraged that Bush has exploited their loss to fuel his own personal vendetta. We, as Americans, have allowed ourselves to be distracted. The old bait and switch. On 09.12.01, we were thoroughly searching the caves in Afghanistan for Osama bin Laden. Instead of finding him, we found Hussein in an underground structure in Iraq. How did this happen? How can the American People just stand by idly, and not only allow, but encourage such behavior? The "election" in 2003 should not have even been close. I find it disgusting, appalling, astounding, frightening, horrid, awful, hideous... well... you get the idea.

The Armed Forces are having a hard time filling their recruiting quota. Not enough recruits are signing up. Hmmmm I wonder why that may be? Those who ARE serving, are staying longer than they were told. This will cause fatigue, then accidents and inefficiency, and when (and if) they get home, more emotional stress and mental illness. We are over-committing our "resources" to a lost cause. You tell ME who gives a shit about our troops! If we had gone after those responsible, and maintained our commitment, the trials would have already taken place, and our soldiers would be home by now. But this has instead turned into a four year embarassment.

Are we safer today than we were four years ago? No. What about our liberties? Are we a truly free people? No. They hate us for our freedom, you know. Why aren't we doing anything with Saudi Arabia? That's where the majority of the hijackers were from. Oh, right. They're our ALLIES. Not to mention, we buy a LOT of oil from them. And, as Mike Malloy would call them, The Bush Crime Family is friends with The Saudi Royal Family. And we are surprised that the price in oil keeps reaching record marks? Come on! This is really about one thing, when you really put it in simplest terms. The depletion of the middle class.

There is one point that does bring me some optimism. Historically, dynasties last about 200 years. I suppose that puts us in our "golden years."