We still don't get it

[dweller]

A year ago, that was the headline on the Indy's issue marking the first
anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The "we" referred to the
way many people were thinking at the time--uncritically accepting the
Bush Administration's bait-and-switch of the war on terror for a war
in Iraq (and a radically new foreign policy), and failing to recognize
that part of our problem combating terrorism was not acknowledging
the way our actions were received in the Islamic world (or the rest of
the world, for that matter).

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After the paper came out, I had one of those
middle-of-the night frights that we'd be flooded
with jeers from supporters of the war saying, yeah,
y'all still don't get it. It didn't happen. And much of what we (and so
many critics) warned came to pass.

more

short editorial in our local Indynews, with links to articles from the last year's Sep.11 anniversary. Overall good issue this week with stories of local Ashcroft protest, short Kucinich policy article, etc.

dp

[Brucey]

1. Yeah, and 'Merkans

still think it was a good idea to drop two atom bombs on populated cities.