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Aristus

(72,520 posts)
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 11:20 AM Sep 2016

I can't watch any of that stuff.

The entire world rose as one in sorrow and solidarity with the US on that horrible day.

There were candle-light vigils in Tehran for the victims, for Pete's sake.

And how did we respond to all this kindness?

We became the Nazis.

We attempted to assuage our anger and humiliation with violence and open, naked greed.

9/11 was the beginning of the end for this country...

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