I don't like this article. I couldn't read to the end. I found its tone patronising, and a little "odd". I'm not saying it's warped, but it's definitely "confused". Just what is the author trying to say with all those words?
I found the suggestion that Americans have chosen to forget or ignore the tragedy insulting, especially to the souls of those who lost their lives. I suspect the author is projecting his liberal sensibilities - I very much doubt that anyone on this forum has forgotten what happened, or wishes to forget. I for one (and I am not an American, so I experienced Sep 11 at some remove, though it still affected me deeply) never wish to forget. I want it to remain seared in my brain for the rest of my life BECAUSE it was the most terrible thing that has happened in my lifetime, and it is only through remembering the terror, and understanding the magnitude of this act, that we can draw the strength for the fight that lies ahead. Unfortunately, I think there are still too many people in the West who do want to forget, to turn the other cheek, to ignore attacks upon us - or to cower in the corner in the hope that the war will pass them by.
Me, too.
It has a sort of over-intellectualized, psychobabble creepiness that totally rubs me the wrong way.