What September 11 really meant
By Jack Lessenberry
Created Sep 13 2006 - 11:06am
You've been sold a vast amount of nonsense about what the terrorist attacks
of Sept. 11 really meant. That is to say, why they happened, what caused
them, how we should have reacted, and what really changed.

Like most empires in decline, we increasingly love anniversaries. This was
the fifth, and unless you've been in a mineshaft in the Malagasy Republic,
you can't help but have noticed that our politicians and media have been
indulging in an orgy of wallowing in the memories of Sept. 11, 2001.

Every last relative of every last victim spent the week in grave danger of
being dragged before some camera. Dubya desperately seized the opportunity
to try to restore his plummeting popularity, visiting crash sites, wrapping
himself in the flag, hoping people overlook the fact that he never managed
to deliver on his promise to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.