Never forget that we turned a terrorist attack into a huge win for jihadists.
Never forget that on 9/11, rather than being called to be our highest and best selves, we were asked to go shopping,
Rather than being told the truth, we were told that the air is fine and everyone should hurry back to southern Manhattan.
Never forget that 9/11 allowed us to invented evidence to facilitate an attack a country unrelated to the 9/11.
Never forget that we responded out of fear and invaded a country with no plan for the occupation.
Never forget the lie that oil revenue will pay for the war. Never forget that we ruined the economy by cutting taxes during wartime. And never forget that we turned our backs on our history and traditions by decided that abusing human rights was justified by our fear.
Never forget that we adopted police state policies in order to feel “safe.” Never forget that we allowed the terrorist who attacked us to evade justice for ten years out of laziness. And never forget that we pretended that waving the flag and being more outwardly patriotic fulfilled our civic duties.
That’s a short list of the bungling and stupidity.
We should not forget. This should be a day of national resolve that this country must never forget the stupidity. That we must never again elect a mentally retarded psychopath to the office of the President of the United States.
UPDATE: I wrote a draft of this at about 10:00 this morning. I had already heard Andrea Mitchell say, “Republican and Democratic administrations were caught flat footed by terrorists. I heard that lie once and knew that we would forget the stupidity. How can we remember when we have a news media that is no better than PRAVDA?