"President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand with White House staff members as they participate in a moment of silence marking the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 morning attacks, Friday, September 11, 2009." -The Associated Press
As we all know, today September 11, 2009, marks the eight anniversary of the terrible terrorist attacks that shaped the history of America forever. Earlier this week, President Obama urged the public to mark the anniversary of the attacks with community service, after remembering those lives that were lost the morning of the tragic attacks. Today, the president and first lady, along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, participated in a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House at exactly 8:46 a.m., the time the first jet line struck the World Trade Center in 2001.Then Obama, placed a wreath (circular arrangement of flowers) at the site of the attack on the Pentagon, where 184 people died, expressing his condolonces for the victims and their families. Later that day the Obama's toured a Habitat for Humanity housing development in Washington and contributed by helping paint a living room.
So far Obama has distanced himself from the anti-terror tactics of the Bush administration, but nonetheless he is committed to his responsibility as chief protector of the country. "We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail." President Obama echoed the words his predecessor delivered to Congress immediate after the attack regarding the pursuit of the al-Qaida back in 2001.
"Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and who plot against us still… In defense of our nation, we will never waver... Let us remember how we came together as one nation, as one people, as Americans, united not only in our grief, but in our resolve to stand with one another, to stand up for the country we all love," were his exact words at the memorial to the victims.
“There is no higher priority and no greater focus” wrote CIA Director Leon Panetta in a letter on Thursday to intelligence officials. He reassured the long steadfast commitment of the nation’s spy agency fight against al Qaida and his supporters.
“No life lost in this attack or battle shall be lost in vain."
We will never forget.
But now the investigations on the alleged claims that CIA terror tactics violated the law have been accused of "crippling" the CIA and jeopardizing the nations security. Can the government afford to do both, protect the nation and investigate its spy agency, the very organization responsible of preventing future terrorist attacks?!
1 comments:
we shouldn't be asking that question at all. why would the CIA investigate it's own spy agencies (that's what i understood, i'm not sure if that's what you were trying to say)? It's a shame that the government can't trust the people of the U.S. they are tapping phones, computers, and other ways of communications. it seems like the government hasn't learned from it's mistakes. it's happened various of times, in the cold war people were being spied on to see if they were communists, japanese were sent to concentration camps, now people are being spied on to see if they're terrorists. the country is scaring itself. i say just focus on ending the war soon, get the troops home and focus on the threats in the U.s. which i don't understan, they say we are still at war so we can make sure that another country's security is good enough to defend themselves, when our own security is having trouble. on the 9-11 thing... i don't know a part of me says that's it's good we still remember it and mourn as a country. the other part says that the country as a whole should move on, we don't need to be reminded of a tragic event in the times we're in, and i feel like it is or was getting to the point where it was being used as an excuse to go to war. i say remember it to show respect and support for the families, but don't use it as one of the reason's why we are at war, because the war has gone past that phase. we're now there for other reasons.
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