Today’s Attacks

I find myself at a loss for words today.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved, directly and indirectly. I hope all of those you know are okay — but I know for some of you, that won’t be true.

This is a declaration of war on the united states. It should be treated as such. If, as seems likely, this is tied to the Palestinian ‘issue’, it is time to resolve it, the hard way if needed. the time for appeasement or compromise is gone.

It is also an example of how this has become one world — how we can no longer treat the earth as a group of independent countries. what goes on elsewhere in the world affects everyone everywhere, and today’s attacks have finally made this painfully and terribly clear to those of us in the US. Isolationism is a failed attitude, because now, unlike WWI and WW II, the world’s problems have been brought home onto our own soil, and we can’t pretend the oceans will protect us from the problems of Europe and Asia.

My god. There are a few images that are forever going to be burned in my brain, such as the explosion of the shuttle, or Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. I’m sorry to say that today’s image of the plane hitting the tower, and later, the towers collapsing, have joined those images.

We need to keep in mind, however, that when the calls by the nimbys start about “how can something like this happen”, we need to remember that if you’re up against someone who’s willing to die for their cause, it’s impossible to stop them — even if you can catch them before they do it, what’s your negotiation edge? And if you’re not willing to die — you’ll hesitate. They won’t.

And that’s why attacks like this succeed. You can’t win an argument with the insane.

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