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RE: 9/11/2001 Where were you when you first heard about the attacks that occurred on that day?
I worked nights, so I was asleep for most of the day. I woke up and walked into the den where my family was aghast and watching the news.
I said that we needed to immediately locate and eliminate every jihadist, communist, and Klansman in the country. My father is extremely liberal, but agreed with me.
Two days later, after the barrage of #fakemainstreamnews excuse-making and blaming America, my father was already toeing the party line.
What strikes me in regard to the attack was how soon the narrative turned against destroying the ideologies that are hostile to America and liberty.
Thank you for sharing. I tend to remember the push for war that came after that day, but upon thinking about it more, I do remember many people saying our foreign policies had led to the attacks. I'm guessing that is what you are referring to. I really don't have any clear memories of what was being said on the news at that time. I didn't have a TV in those days and got filled in mostly by catching bits of information at work.
I have a post coming up about the neocon position in the next couple of days; part of that post will deal with the push to war. I was once a neocon, but there is a central part of that ideology that is wrong, and why the war was fought with the wrong objective, and lasted too long.
To be honest, I really don't know what it means to be a neocon, nor what positions they take, but I look forward to reading your upcoming post.
Thanks for the Steem Dollars - I am close to completing my post: I wrote waaaay too much and have to edit it down
Let me know when you get it posted.