If you ever pull your head out of the ground, be sure to clean the sand out of your ears.
Viewing that video has nothing to do with fascination. It has everything to do with facing up to the gut wrenching reality of the war we are in and the depravity of out enemy. Images of people jumping out of the Trade Center, charred bodies hung from bridges or the head of an American being sawed off with a dull knife may offend your delicate sensibilities, but they should be burned into the brains of every citizen of the U.S. because that is what our enemies intend for us.
We are in a war. A war that will last for many years to come and that will require the commitment of our young people to execute successfully. Our enemy starts forging their hatred in the hearts and minds of their youth, small children in fact. If we are to stand against this enemy our youth must know and understand the reality of the world they will face if they are not strong and resolute in the face of that enemy.
9/11 was the most horrific event that has ever occurred in my 50+ years of lifetime. Every day I encounter people for whom that day has become a mere symbol which pales in comparison to their daily worries. These are the people who viewed 9/11 (The Sanitary Version). They saw clouds of smoke, lifeless building crumbling, people crying, speeches and stately funerals. The people I run into who saw video of the bodies falling, heard the sound of them hitting the ground, saw images of the body parts recovered and other gruesome images that are deemed to "gross" for general consumption understand the intensity of the war and there is nothing more important to them than winning that war.
So go ahead and hide your head in the sand, but you had better hope there are enough of your fellow citizens, including our youth, who understand what is going on and are able to face up to it. They are the only thing standing between you and a "Real Experience" of reality.
hear, hear.
Well said CMAC51! Well said. Everyone should watch this video.
I agree wholeheartedly!!! Part of the reason why the media has been so successful is because they would like to paint a picture of the enemy as these poor defenseless people that we're taking advantage of and abusing. Please! Enough already, THIS is the truth of it and EVERYONE should not only WANT to see it but NEED to see it. If for no other reason than to pound it into everyones skulls that THIS is the enemy...THIS is what they are capable of...THIS is the type of people that our men and women are defending us against.
"If you ever pull your head out of the ground, be sure to clean the sand out of your ears."
After comments like that, I have no respect for you or for your cheering section.
Snuff films won't make our kids more effective at fighting evil. Such things are for our enemies to indulge in and be defeated by.