In Memoriam & Introspection

     Each and every anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 it is becoming more and more difficult to not return to that morning.  I cannot say that I personally knew anyone at Ground Zero, in that desolate field in Pennsylvania, nor at the Pentagon.  What I can say is that I saw faces covered in soot, and some people's final moments as they jumped from the burning towers. It's never easy losing a loved one, but I cannot imagine how the surviving loved ones make it through this day.  All of the videos, recordings, photos; it's enough to make anyone question humanity.
     No one can deny the American spirit was strong that day, and for many months after. We all had flags on our front step.  We all had a real committed goal to punish those who attacked our people.  We were a united people. What's very apparent now, 14 years later, is that instead of being united we're more divided now than we were before the terror attacks.  We are a group of people who are igniting a race war.  We are a people who are being taught that taking pride in our nation is next to a sin.  We are a people who are being lead by an administration that wants to unfreeze billions of dollars to a group of people who daily chant "Death to America!"  How could this have happened?
     The Iran nuclear "Deal" is a far cry away from keeping control of a terrorist organization.  Self lead inspections and no American hostages later, America is a loser with our national security.  Why is this "deal" the best our leadership could have done?  All this has done is to pass off a real threat to the next generation, but by that time, it could be too late.  On top of this terrible Iran Deal, we are now going to take in Syrian refugees.  Why haven't we done anything to stop this civil war to eliminate the need for people to flee?  More importantly, why aren't other Muslim nations taking them in?  The Southern border not being secure is one security threat, no one knows where these illegals are and yet we're going to add onto our plate with more?  Especially from an area where American sentiment isn't all rainbows and butterflies, it's very scary to think of what may happen.
     All the hope that I could ever ask for is that anyone for the Iran Deal to look on any of the photos from 9-11-01.  Look at the tragedy that happened on our soil that day.  Can you imagine those same jihadists having a nuclear bomb?  That's a very clear reality we may have to face soon.
     I want my America back.  I want that national pride and fierce devotion to our national security that we had following 9-11-01.  I want those that we lost that day to be the catalyst to remind us that we have to pull together, be strong together.  Stop allowing this ridiculous nonsense pull us apart at the seams because if that happens the terrorists win and our great nation will be for not.
     Never forget, America.  Never forget.