I watched the two-part ABC Made-for-TV movie on the events surrounding and leading up to 911. Overall I was pleasantly surprised and impressed. I thought that it did not paint the Clinton Administration in very good light (which it shouldn’t have), and seemed pretty accurate based upon what I know and have read.
What we did to the Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud was unforgivable. How we allowed inter-agency bickering and turf wars to impeed the gathering of information and the decision-making process was maddeningly embarrassing as an American.
I also have to say that watching the program, especially at the end, stirrred up that same anger that I felt 5 years earlier. I can’t believe that we as a nation have moved so far back into our complacency. We do not act like a nation at war, because in our collective heart, we aren’t. That saddens and frightens me.
It feels like the only thing that will wake us up is another tragedy. Our very future is at stake. I hope and pray it does not come to that, and that our leaders will start recognizing the enemy for who they really are, calling it straight and going after them with renewed commitment and energy.
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