Many of us here were opposed to the Iraq War from the start. I simply did not ever understand why being attacked by a group and leader of that group supposedly centered in Afghanistan meant that we needed to go into Iraq. Despite many long years and thousands upon thousands of lives lost, not to mention the hundreds upon hundreds of billion dollars wasted we are still mired in that country. Now, the Vice-President is admitting how much of a huge mistake it was to go into that country. However he, and the administration should take it one step further.
9-11 should not be a political statement for anyone. It should be a sad day of remembrence that many people died because of hatred and incompetence. However, since the very day it occured it has constantly been used as a hammer to pound the agenda of a miguided bunch people with an unenlightened vision of the world down everyone else's throat.
Of course by now nobody has to be told that today was the eighth anniversery of the 9-11 attacks. This event served as the Kennedy assasination of this generation, an event everyone remembers where they were when it happened and an event that some will forever dispute. No matter what anyone's feelings on the wars that sprang up into response for these events one thing remains true.
A funny thing has happened every since Dick Cheney left office. Despite having failed miserably in protecting the American people from the 9-11 attacks, Dick Cheney wants to act like some kind of "expert" on National Security. I mean, it was not like the Bush Administration had a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the U.S." or anything. Oh wait, they did!! Despite this, they ignored the warnings and their incompetence allowed the worst attack ever on American soil.
