Free Republic

Dear Fellow American: For many decades we here in the United States thought of terrorism as something that happened “overseas.” It was something that our borders – two oceans and two “friendly” countries – shielded us from. We were being naïve. The devastation of the attacks on September 11th was the result of years of preparation and the conglomeration of resources by thoroughly evil minds. Their brand of wickedness had been experienced before yet for whatever reason we chose to place little heed in the message being delivered – “We want you dead!” 1983 - Sixty-three people, including the...