The New York City mayor will sign two executive orders honoring those impacted by the attacks, as he faces campaign to exclude him from the 25th anniversary commemoration
The US commits (directly or through Israel) daily 9-11s, and given that 9-11 was motivated by American terrorism in the first place, the whole “never forget” can only work for the one comfortable generation that never experienced any other event like that.
The current generation sees what’s happening, they see the US bombing schools and weddings, and they see Americans commit mass shootings at events and at schools. If another 9-11 happened today, you’d have a much harder time getting everyone on board with invading another country for revenge.
They’d still get away with it probably, sadly, because Americans don’t seem to ever be ready to revolt. But I can’t imagine it would be the same unity.
The US commits (directly or through Israel) daily 9-11s, and given that 9-11 was motivated by American terrorism in the first place, the whole “never forget” can only work for the one comfortable generation that never experienced any other event like that.
The current generation sees what’s happening, they see the US bombing schools and weddings, and they see Americans commit mass shootings at events and at schools. If another 9-11 happened today, you’d have a much harder time getting everyone on board with invading another country for revenge.
They’d still get away with it probably, sadly, because Americans don’t seem to ever be ready to revolt. But I can’t imagine it would be the same unity.