9/11 Remembered

As we pause to remember those who lost their lives on September 11th, we should also pause to remember those who have given their lives to stop terrorism around the world.

Terrorism isn't going away. It's here to stay; the question then becomes: what are we going to do about it? Sit around and wait for it to happen again, or be proactive?

We owe it to all those who died three years ago today to do all we can to protect others from the plague of terrorism. Every government on earth should be tracking down terrorists so that their own citizens are safe from the plague of our time.

Hold the phone!

Enter politics. As we continue to debate our course of action until we're blue in the face, the terrorists have continued to attack countries that have upcoming elections: Australia and Indonesia were recently attacked by terrorists who tried to destroy the Australian embassy in Jakarta. The Madrid terror bombings showed the terrorists that they can cause governments to fall if they hit hard enough and fast enough before an election. They are on the move.

In the meantime, WE are arguing about Vietnam, thirty years after that war ended. We are arguing about whether Iraq posed a threat to us. We are arguing about the conclusions of the 9/11 Commission. We are arguing about this and that. We are arguing about what some jackass said about another jackass. Who cares!

Here's what we are NOT doing: we are not moving fast enough on the 9/11 Commission recommendations. We are not moving fast enough to secure our borders. We are not moving fast enough to catch bin-Laden. We are definitely not getting body armor to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan fast enough, nor are we retrofitting their transports with armor quickly enough. We are not dealing with al-Sadr's thugs in Iraq quickly enough or forcefully enough. All of this because of ELECTION YEAR POLITICS!

I don't give a hoot about election year brownie points anymore. I've already decided who I'm voting for. If Democrats and Republicans see that they have a job to do, then they should get on with it and quit wasting time! The terrorist vermin will not wait until we decide on a course of action.

He/she who does the job and gets results will get the undecided votes on Election Day. So there!