What was sad personally was that one of my best friends died of cancer the day after... two stunning days in a row.
What I think has changed in the world is that the terrorists won. I am sorry to say that, but I mean it. They wanted to instill fear, and fear is what we got. It isn't as bad here now, at least not in this part of the country, but everyone has been or is on edge. There is always the fear of another attack now. We never used to think of it before.
Then the Bush administration played on those fears. They used it for their own political gain. And the entire USA ate out of their hands. There is nothing connected to 9/11 in Iraq. The only reason why Bush was reelected in my opinion is fear. He was the Texas gun slinger who would save the day.
Maybe I am being a glib, but to me the terrorists won. They won the war of fear.
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