“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
– Mark Twain
Today is the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I notice on the calendar that it’s labeled as ‘Patriot Day.’ Patriot Day — when did that happen? ’9/11 Remembrance Day’ I could see, but ‘Patriot Day’? At any rate, as well as recalling the tragedy of that day that led to so many other tragedies, I will also remember, and hope most other Americans do, that the Bush Administration had nine months to prevent the attacks and bungled their responsibility to keep the nation safe, a vacationing Junior even ignoring a CIA Presidential Daily Briefing on August 6, 2001 entitled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US,” along with other warnings of imminent terrorist attacks. If Bush had paid attention and done his job, 3,000 Americans might still be among the living. That’s something to remember on Patriot Day.
Patriot Day?
Today is the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I notice on the calendar that it’s labeled as ‘Patriot Day.’ Patriot Day — when did that happen? ’9/11 Remembrance Day’ I could see, but ‘Patriot Day’? At any rate, as well as recalling the tragedy of that day that led to so many other tragedies, I will also remember, and hope most other Americans do, that the Bush Administration had nine months to prevent the attacks and bungled their responsibility to keep the nation safe, a vacationing Junior even ignoring a CIA Presidential Daily Briefing on August 6, 2001 entitled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US,” along with other warnings of imminent terrorist attacks. If Bush had paid attention and done his job, 3,000 Americans might still be among the living. That’s something to remember on Patriot Day.