As I reflected upon my own experiences and memories from the past decade, I have to wonder if oven is still hot on this one. After all, the POTUS did have bi-partisan support on pretty much everything he wanted immediately after 9/11, he could have requested all white house chairs be changed to that of the bean bag variety and congress would have approved that increase in spending. It was such an emotional time. Having just moved to Nashville from NYC, I can tell you that even a decade removed from the incident (at least among that concentrated populous), the wound is still fresh. How soon is too soon before historians can begin the historical task?
Another question arises in that same vein, has ever in American history risen such a passionate response to such an ambiguous enemy? Who are these terrorists? And where are they? Afghanistan? Iraq? Pakistan? What is a muslim? Islamist and Islam sound too similar terms to be throwing around. Also, doesn't stating Islam as a "religion of peace" give you a free pass against any muslim response to the contrary, Islamist or otherwise (especially since no one in America were so far removed from the identity, religious or otherwise, of their enemy)?
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