Some call it the burden of bias or preconceived notions. Others call it pattern recognition.

Yes, we remember that there is evil in the world, however “evil” can be a function of perspective. What is “evil” to one may be the exercise of agenda to another.

“We remember these evil acts so that we will have the strength to fight that evil, with every fiber of our being.”

Yes, to fight that “evil” with every fiber of our being as a function of agenda in order to maintain power. Its all about power, someone must control power. If I have to choose who controls power I choose America and its Constitution, as imperfect as it is. But there is a cost, sometimes a steep cost.

“We remember those who died in order to prevent future attacks and further deaths.”

Yes, we remember those poor unsuspecting and innocent people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, run like hell!

“We remember so that no one can ever try to make believe these events did not happen.”

Yes, these events happened. No doubt about that.

“We remember so that no one can spread the lie that the perpetrators were something other than what they were: Men who had decided to kill in the name of Islam, based on what they believed their religion taught them.”

Yes, mantra, believe. A thread of truth serves its purpose. I have no problem believing from what I understand that Islam is counter to our foundation beliefs and that there are radicals in that “religion” that are committed to our destruction. No problem at all, its in the hand book.

“And finally, and most important, we remember the horrible events of September 11, 2001 so that those innocent murdered souls — whose only crime that day was going to work — will not have died in vain.”

Yes, you have had your lives taken from you in horrible, unbelievable and unimaginable events. You have not died in vain, I remember you, I knew some of you, I know your brothers and your sisters, your mothers, fathers and children.

Americans honor you by looking deep into the hearts and motivations of your fellow man and by forcing ourselves to understand and become enlightened without the burden of bias or preconceived notions. We remember you.
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If we were a serious country, somebody somewhere would point out that the easiest way to fight this kind of terrorism is simply to quit stamping Muslim visas. But we are not a serious country.

Remembering as you’ve laid it out means we must be vigilant on tolerating crimes in the name of radical religion. That said, these maniacs who caused the deaths of thousands of Americans in an inferno of jet fuel and exploding buildings are simply criminals. May their names be forgotten except in the bottom levels of Hell.

We must also endeavor to counter speech which tolerates the crimes committed. It is by radical religious speech which endorses violence that these criminals were encouraged. We need to shift the debate to the radical Islamic world to get reform of that thinking and criminal action, otherwise, we’ll continue to need to use the armed forces to protect us through violence.

Today, we have Barack Hussein Obama, a pitiful excuse for a president who has dithered and blustered on the world stage to the point where he can be outsmarted and upstaged by a former KGB operative and the vicious son of a vicious dictator. There is not a single country in the world with whom our relations have improved since he took office, not a single enemy that fears us, and not a single ally that trusts us — certainly no one that fears or trusts our resolve.

It will take a generation to restore the United States to its rightful position as the world’s last, best hope.