9/11 Remembered

What was I doing September 11th, 2001? I was working in a vault when a colleague told me while checking e-mail that an airplane hit one of the World Trade Center buildings. I thought he was kidding and found it unbelieveable when I found it to be true. Really couldn't get anything else done that day ... I was working at Wright-Patterson AFB and it took a while to get home.

Looking back, all the pro-USA emotion after the tragedy seemed to fade like the many flags that were put out in the name of patriotism. This day will pass for many without significance. But all our lives changed that day--to many a lot of inconveniences, and to others an embarking upon responding to a war that was started against us years earlier.

As a Reservist in our Armed Forces, and one who stands ready when called to defend the Constitution of the United States, allow me to relay what the first great American commander, General George Washington, addressed the Continental Army:

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight--nothing more than his own personal safety--is a miserable creature who has no chance of being made and kept free except for the exertions of better men than himself."

Is this "War on Terror" worth fighting? Would you rather be running around wondering when the next terrorist act will occur in this country? The USA is playing an "away game" right now--let's keep it that way and bring home victory and peace!