Revolutionary Moderation

Two years later



A quick inventory on this somber day.



September 11, 2001 brought the United States the world's sympathy and solidarity. An unnecessary war against an unrelated country persued unilaterally, with a thumb in the eye of the UN for good measure, has spent all of that goodwill and more.



Meanwhile, the man believed to be primarily responsible for the murder of those three thousand people that Tuesday morning is still wandering around in the mountains, preaching hate to an audience more ready than ever to listen.



What should be a quiet day of reflection is thus transformed into reflection of the horrible foreign policy failures of the Bush administration, and reflection of the fact that as a result, the world is much more dangerous than it was when war on terror was declared.



Update: Osama bin Laden's mountain wanderings may not be as up-to-date as I implied. Who am I to judge such things?



Further update: I added a link, found via Tom, to illustrate the concepts of sympathy and solidarity.