Posted on 09/11/2009 11:05:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to rally Americans behind the war in Afghanistan on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States as opinion polls show faltering public support for the conflict.
"Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and plot against us still," Obama said on Friday at a somber ceremony attended by about 500 people under rain-filled skies at the Pentagon.
"In pursuit of al Qaeda and its extremist allies we will never falter," he said, before laying a wreath at a memorial for those killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
On that day, American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington's Dulles International Airport smashed into the walls of the U.S. military headquarters, killing 125 people, along with the plane's 59 passengers and crew and the five hijackers.
Al Qaeda hijackers took control of four passenger planes on September 11, crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York and a third into the Pentagon. A fourth, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers and crew tried to retake control of the plane.
In all, about 3,000 people were killed.
In New York, relatives of those who died in the World Trade Center attack took turns reading the names of the victims, adding personal remarks of remembrance for their loved ones, while flutists and violinists played solemn music.
The reading of the names took place in a small park across the street from the World Trade Center site, which is now a huge construction area where four skyscrapers and a national museum and memorial plaza are planned.
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Appropriate yes. Attractive...not so much. At least IMAO.
a lying POS..
A map of Afghanistan showing provinces with the highest Taliban presence. The United States warned Friday that delays in resolving troubled Afghan polls would benefit the Taliban as a vote commission warned up to half a million ballots could be investigated for fraud. (AFP/Graphic)
S***hole is more like it.
Obama and the HO BAMA!
That fight stopped when you were elected, Hussein.
McChrystal: No major al-Qaida signs in Afghanistan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337451/posts
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Well, hell, NO! AQ is in Pakistan.
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My prediction: Pakistan is next on the list.
FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE
Hilarious! We all paint in black dress pants right? Poser
It would be something if you are proven correct.
But Congress methinks is balking at more troops, the people don’t feel being in Afghanistan is worth it, over 50% now, an alarm bell for pols.
We’re gonna fight them with love and their hearts will change don-cha-know.
(Don’t stare at Muslims, it scares them)
OBAMA LIES!
My son is 25, our youngest child, he finally PAID ATTENTION to the election in November. He said “Obama will get us all killed, he wants to cut weapons, army, etc”
Mike will never ignore elections from now on.
They look so sad ... did Bin Laden die?
when they get behind closed doors they’ll laugh watching reruns of the towers falling with Rev Wright ... “Chickens, are coming home, home to roost!”
I agree with you. No shame in stating the truth, irrespective of politics. Now, Michelle does look appropriate and attractive so there’s nothing wrong in stating it.
Did he wink, snort and have his fingers crossed when he said that? We’ve seen him bow to the Saudi king, appoint truthers, communists and terrorists as czars and backstab Israel in his first 8 months in office! If you believe a word he said at that ceremony, you are a dolt!
Just as soon as those "war criminals" in the CIA are prosecuted.
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