President Bush told America to go shopping. Most people felt they were no part of the War on Terror. I think it was a huge mistake but wonder why he said that? I know he said it as a message that we should carry on so the terrorists would not win but the effect was to disconnect Americans from the war.
There should have been an effort to keep America fired up, united...why wasn’t there? Instead the military very much felt the saying “America is not at war,the military is at war, America is at the mall” was how it was.
If you let them substantially change your day-to-day life, they've won. And the disconnect was only among those who don't fully connect with America anyway- liberals.
I didn’t object much to being told to go shopping. The Muslims wanted to shut us down, destroy us. Commerce is important for each one of us to thrive. That’s like being told to continue to live and not hunker down
I DID mind being told how Islam is the Religion if Peace though. That’s nothing but a lie and I still reject it. I do believe some Muslims mean no harm. But the religion as a whole is officially at war and should not be allowed in a civilized society.