The naivety was nice, wasn't it? We can never go back to that time.
I remember watching an air show from the 97th floor of a skyscraper in Chicago in August 2001 overlooking the river. We'll never see that again. (t'birds from above was way cool)
"The naivete was nice, wasn't it? We can never go back to that time."
To tell you the truth, I barely remember 9/10/01 and before, and when I do, it is in the context of 9/11 and after.
Were it not for the preponderance of liberal teachers and professors in our schools and colleges, this would be a wonderful opportunity for history teachers.
I mean, one of the basic things that I do remember from those old days is the lesson of history...that if we don't learn from the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them.
Now, all of a sudden, you're hearing references to the appeasement of Neville Chamberlain (refers to Kerry), versus the resoluteness of Winston Churchill (refers to Bush). You hear about how past Presidents dealt with attacks, and times of war, such as Lincoln, FDR and others.
Vietnam is, rightly or wrongly, reintroduced into the debate, injected by the Democrats' presumed nominee (what, you didn't know he was in Vietnam? SHOCKING!!!. You see the American response during and after national tragedies (Pearl Harbor in 1941, 9-11 almost 60 years later).
We also see the effect that the media has on shaping opinion into reality, and how what they do or do not report is based on different biases. I will guarantee you that I never learned that in Journalism class in 1985.
I never knew, studying about Vietnam in class, that we were winning over there, and that the media, along with a certain presumed Democratic nominee, helped to turn Vietnam into the horror that it ended up being.
I never knew that practically every Republican President in at least the last 50 years was considered to be stupid, slowcoach, aloof, and generally negative.
Of course, when I went to school, I wasn't attending at a time of war. I do remember "peace prize" winner Jimmah being POTUS during the 444 days that Americans were held hostage in Iran. I do remember not being able to get out of my driveway because of gas lines that circled my block, during the same Administration.
And that was from the "naive" time. You're right. We can never go back to that time, nor should we even WANT to.