11th September, 2026: Nine Eleven.
Hmmm …
The picture’s uploaded.
Given yesterday’s mess*?
I’m pleasantly surprised!
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I can remember where I was, when the Nine-Eleven attacks took place.
And no: it’s still not somewhere I’m going to be telling you about.
But I can remember seeing the shocking footage on TV: of planes being flown, deliberately flown, into buildings.
And remember my first thought.
“I hope that’s local!”
The Oklahoma bombings, carried out by right wing, American, extremists, had only taken place a few years earlier.
So my first thought, again?
“I hope that’s local!”
“I hope”, I said to myself, “that’s local!”
“Because if that’s a bunch of keffiyeh-wearing nutters in the Middle-East, there’s going to be hell to pay.”
Lo, and behold …
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The reason I mention this … ?
Is simple: that today marks the 25th Anniversary of the attacks.
Something I’m marking with a ten-question quiz set that’s — hopefully — respectful of the lives lost.
Much as I didn’t like George W. Bush, and didn’t like British involvement with the subsequent US military action?
I think President Bush’s initial responses were … Presidential.
Were considered, appropriate, and very responsive to the gravity of the situation.
The current president, the 47th President?
I note a few things about the 47th President.
He’s going to be marking the Anniversary at the Pentagon: unlike the other surviving presidents, who will be in New York.
The man should be ashamed of himself: he’s a New Yorker, and should be there, today of all days.
That’s one thing.
The other … ?
Is a simple hope.
That the 47th President won’t be near a microphone, today.
My impression of the man tells me he’s going to open his mouth and say something …
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