9/11 Never Forget

By: American Decency Staff

By Chris Johnson Unless you've been living under  a rock somewhere, you've heard by now that America's arch enemy of the last decade, Osama Bin Laden was killed by Joint Special Operations Command team Sunday night. There have been an awful lot of discussion on almost every aspect of this news – the team who carried out the attack, which president's policies are responsible for finding Osama, how long it took the president to make the decision regarding the hit, whether or not a woman was used as a human shield, should they show a picture of the corpse? etc. Those things are certainly worth discussing and reading about, but what there has been surprisingly little said about is why Bin Laden needed killing in the first place. Osama Bin Laden is responsible for the deaths of 3,000 people, the destruction of 3,000 people's families, and the demolition of the national icon, the World Trade Center. Yet, Yahoo.com reported a spike of 10,000% in searches regarding Osama Bin Laden after the announcement of his death Sunday night, and one of the top 10 questions asked was, "who is Osama Bin Laden?" 66% percent of the people searching that question were kids 13-17. Remember the posters and t-shirts and billboards that said, "9/11. Never Forget?" We forgot. How is it possible that teenagers growing up in a public education system where they are supposedly taught history don't know the most historically notable fact of the decade if not half a century? Why haven't parents told their kids about that horrible day? I think we need to step outside of the political dance for a while and remember our promise to the victims of that attack. Think about where you were and what you felt that day. Think about the horror of what those people went through and the heroism of the first responders who gambled and, in some cases, lost their lives saving others that morning. Justice has been done. Let's forget about who gets credit for a while. Never Forget. ****************** Your support is important to our ability to make a difference. Donate online at: https://secure4.afo.net/ada/donate.php American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson

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