{"id":22803,"date":"2011-09-11T07:46:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=22803"},"modified":"2011-09-11T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T16:34:11","slug":"22803","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=22803","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I think everyone, from coast to coast, remembers what a notably gorgeous morning it was.  I don't remember a cloud in the sky in anyone's remembrance of the day - anywhere. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.fk21.co.uk\/images\/hi\/killin_winter_bluesky_vert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"I stopped at the corner coffee shop after I'd gotten the kids on the bus.  I needed it bad.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/coffee-to-go.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"It had been a frantic morning of rushing to get kids on the bus...\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ehowcdn.com\/article-page-main\/ehow\/images\/a07\/nr\/2g\/disadvantages-taking-school-bus-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...followed by a relaxing drive to work - on 94\/394, in my case. \" 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alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Where, harried as I was, even I noted what a gorgeous fall day we had going on.  Then I flipped on the radio.\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ucq-_7Ktpuk\/S8l24JgD-JI\/AAAAAAAABlA\/vLinlztMydw\/s1600\/ClearBlueSky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The most jarring thing I noticed at first was that NPR - usually so glib and tightly-scripted - had long stretches of dead air, with the sound of chattering and voices and machinery in the background.  They were at a loss to comprehend what was going on, much less describe it.\" src=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/attack\/wtc\/imgs\/wtc_plane1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"By the time I tuned in, Flight 175 had already hit the South Building.  The chaos - at least in terms of the public's understanding - was complete.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipity.li\/wot\/usa_under_attack_63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Minutes after I walked into the office, the South tower collapsed. The this time, all I felt was shock.  Even 1800 miles away.\" src=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/errors\/wtc\/imgs\/wtc15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I had visited lower Manhatten years earlier, and loved the place. Seeing the footage, I could not imagine how anything lived.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.net\/pictures\/Nov06\/071106Pentagon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Confusion begets confusion.  We heard about the Pentagon - and about a car bomb at the State Department, and of as many as a dozen planes still unaccounted for in the skies.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geoffmetcalf.com\/pentagon\/images\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The redeeming stories of that morning?  Flight 93, of course; as enduring a tale of moral courage as this nation has ever seen.  Even more importantly, to me...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wtc-terrorattack.com\/shankesville\/shanksville16.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...was that it happened along with the countless stories of the thousands of average Americans who organized themselves, got themselves out of the towers without panic and in good order - something a good part of official America never thought we could do.  My faith in the American people only grew on 9\/11; we are neither sheep to be slaughtered, nor cattle who stampede at the sight of the lightning.  Hearing both stories still makes my heart proud..\" src=\"http:\/\/www.its.dot.gov\/its_publicsafety\/pedevac\/images\/cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I can write nothing that can live up to the example the firemen and cops of NYC set that morning.  No human words suffice.\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/94926-87647\/9_11_firemen2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Really.  None.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scripting.com\/images\/firemen-flag-091201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"George W. Bush made many mistakes before and after 9\/11.  But on that morning - 9\/14 - he was like Churchill.  That's not something I say lightly. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.september11news.com\/Sept14BushFiremanBobBeckwith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"I started the bagpipes that fall, after seeing them at innumerable police and fire funerals on the news.  The pipes fit my mood, then and now; they combine the stark depth of mourning with the sharp threat of retribution.  There's a reason the Scots still play them in battle.  \" src=\"http:\/\/o4.aolcdn.com\/dims-shared\/dims3\/PATCH\/resize\/273x203\/http:\/\/hss-prod.hss.aol.com\/hss\/storage\/patch\/8169f7854acd2adef50c7c90cc2dc184\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The world went quiet - without planes overheard - and deeply mournful.  I, and many like me, yearned for retribution.\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_WC5D7MIXrq8\/TRRPP8Qz23I\/AAAAAAAAAME\/1sXt_IUQwUE\/s640\/black.square.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"And it came.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationspectator.com\/files\/images\/C-130-Hercules-243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"It came in the form of 85 Americans - US Special Forces - who parachuted into Afghanistan.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.affiliategrenade.com\/images2\/airborneranger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"They linked up with the Northern Alliance...\" src=\"http:\/\/cursor.org\/stories\/karzi2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" 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alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"251\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...they swept the Taliban from the field of battle.\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/news\/_photos\/2002\/10\/08-horseback-inside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"And then from power.\" src=\"http:\/\/purplefingerforfreedom.org\/images\/iraq_election_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I wished we could say the story ended there.  It didn't.  Terror continued.  \" src=\"http:\/\/wwwimage.cbsnews.com\/images\/2001\/12\/26\/image322435x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"And it didn't matter if you were neutral...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nomad4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Bali_Bombing_2002_-_a_site_of_horror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...or an ally...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.haguejusticeportal.net\/Images\/national%20law%20project\/london-bombings2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...or even if you'd repudiated the war effort.  Everyone was a target.\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/00Fb4WsdFP6eL\/610x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"And then came Iraq.\" src=\"http:\/\/img.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2008\/03_03\/iraqdesertDM1603_468x304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"You could feel the unity, and to some extent the national sense of purpose, being sucked from the room as a brilliant conventional victory descended...\" src=\"http:\/\/static.howstuffworks.com\/gif\/ied-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...into the morass of a counterinsurgency we never expected. It exhausted the nation's supply of unity and moral certainty.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cathousechat.com\/cathouse_chat\/WindowsLiveWriter\/MarlboroMarine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...which led to all the symptoms of moral exhaustion - the smug self-indulgence of the perpetually indignant.\" src=\"http:\/\/whatthecrap.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/codepink_dc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Nothing cute or profound here.  F*ck you, Code Pink.\" src=\"http:\/\/theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/johnny20cash20finger202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Finally, as the anniversary drew near, unknown to almost everyone, Bin Laden was found...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neontommy.com\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/5708716867_26f1b047a4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"...and dispatched in a far better way than he deserved - by US servicemen, coming and going in the night.  Good riddance.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/standard\/fastroping_dog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"And while some naysayers called it tasteless, I for one believe we the people earned one little end zone happy dance.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bharatwaves.com\/portal\/uploads\/original_americans-celebrate-_4dbe78278f9e6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"On behalf of those who can't, and those who died so that we could.\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gettyimages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/jm-blog-photo-one.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Are we a better nation now than ten years ago?  Our government is certainly bigger and badder than it was, and it was already pretty big and bad.  On the other hand, millions of Americans who used to think of their government and the world around them as background noise do now realize that is IS life and death.  And maybe that's the blessing; that more of us appreciate this nation and what it means now than on 9\/10. I have to hope so.\" src=\"http:\/\/h2o.enr.state.nc.us\/ndceu\/AmericanFlag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"For my part?  This says it all.\" src=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/archives\/images\/nosurrender.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/SPECIALS\/2001\/memorial\/lists\/by-name\/index.html\">Remember<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-and-its-making","category-war-on-terror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22803"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22805,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22803\/revisions\/22805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}