The picture is at once horrifying and heartening. Horrifying because of the damage and the loss of life. Heartening, because even that little bit of Manhattan Island contains twenty times as much wealth and enterprise as the terrorists managed to destroy. Makes me want to shout, "Is
that the best shot in your locker?"
No, check that. It makes me want to sing:
O beautiful for patriot dream, that sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood --
From sea to shining sea!
Take heart, all.
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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It's important to keep the economy growing to produce the wealth necessary to wage the war. God isn't always on the side of the big battalions but He sure favors those with the most money. Yamamoto is supposed to have answered (in response to a comment from the Japanese Army that the US was in a depression, 25% unemployment, 50% idle factories): "They still produce twice as much steel as we do."