The weekend was spent mourning almost 3000 Americans who were killed on September 11, 2001.
In the aftermath of that day, more than 6200 have died in Iraq and Afghanistan with the toll still rising.
The 9/11 dead were victims of a vicious attack on American civilization. Those since then were put in harm’s way by the conscious decision of our political and military leaders.
During all the speeches and commemorations here, 77 U.S. troops were wounded yesterday by a truck bomb in Afghanistan. Every week, more die there without a ripple in the news that reaches us as the Taliban celebrates our 9/11 by crowing that they have “endless stamina for a long war.”
In American politics, only an odd little man named Ron Paul raises his voice to complain about our being there.