I watched the towers fall from Center St. I had worked in and around those buildings as a field tech. for 18yrs. I knew people murdered that day. Dunleavy was right. Kill the Bastards!
I have a friend who was working down on Pearl St. when it happened. She walked up and across the 59th st. bridge, dust covered and all. She does not ever, ever talk about that day. I think she knew people who didn't make it.
Your comments are Churchillian. Defense in an unpopular time is always a test of will.
I watched the towers fall not from Manhattan, but from a tv on a military base. To see the base over the next 3 days with my own countrymen aiming machine guns on terrets at me, in back of cement blockades, and in back of uniformed local LEOs, was chilling.
A hotel nearby filled up with international travelers trying to get out of the country. I was dumbfounded.
Coming home by land in the next days, I never saw so many flags. For the first time in a long time, I thought well of my countrymen.
It was then, when I came back home for a bit, that I read and read and learned to believe that this is a war of civilizations, if not holy war, and decided I would keep silent no longer.
The next day, I joined Free Republic, and began conservative activism.