AUGUST TENTH. Did the news which came your way last night or early this morning about the foiled Terrorist plot upset you?
Some people seem to have been taken by surprise but most seemed to indicate that they had “expected something like that to happen” and they were pleased with their foresight. “It just seemed to me,” one said, “that they'd be getting something bad ready for us for the anniversary of “Sept.11th”.
Many comments seemed to have an undertone of gratitude for the British who were sufficiently aware of reality so they could stop the plot while it was still in its less advanced, formative stages. This is not a good time to spend a great amount of time and effort polishing up the old trophies each of us has for display purposes as needed. This is not a time in which we brag about things we may each accomplished as individual forces. We have done well in the past - each in his own way. We are now working together to despoil a common enemy.
Recent events indicate that our enemy uses London as a pathway. New York has faced tremendous trials, as well. Just where and when our enemy might think it to his advantage to attack is a mystery that will remain with us as long as our foe is allowed to remain active.
We are dealing with some problem which have haunted Mankind's various civilizations for centuries. It is highly unlikely we will be able to “solve” such ancient disagreements between antagonists who no longer even exist. Who is “native” to what part and portions of land is an elusive puzzle, for instance. So, even more so, is the choice of an ideal for Man to revere as his God.
It has seemed logical to many people that our antagonists might well be planning a devious deed marking the day of the anniversary date of the destruction of the World Towers in New York City, damage to the Pentagon Building in Washington, D. C. and the loss of thousands of lives, countless injured in body and in mind and financial loss beyond estimates affect thousands of people of every race and creed around the world.
That date, like “Pearl Harbor Day” also “lives in infamy”. The horrors of that segment of time can never be erased from lives of countless men, women and children. The future generations people will look back on our times and, perhaps, wonder what we did about it all!
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 8-10-06 [c432wds]
