Anniversaries provide writers with an invitation to compete with each other for profundity. I’ve taken the bait myself, and plead abject guilt wherever it is applicable. However, I will not indulge as we near the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, other than noting the occasion in this paragraph, and reprinting the Guardian link below.
Numerous other scribes far more talented will unleash their skills, and many already have. Some of them might even be worth reading. All I’ll say is that history is meaningless without the perspective of a longer view, and this standpoint of judgment will be impossible to fathom until long after we're dead. The Civil War began 150 years ago, and we've yet to reach conclusions on its legacy. This is the way of the world, whether we like it, or not.
9/11: A 'babble of idiots'? History has been the judge of that ... The Guardian's comment editor at the time of 9/11 on a savage response to those who foresaw the reality of a war on terror
Finally got time to read this article. Thank you for sharing it. At the risk of saying too much or too little and being branded who knows what, I will say only that I'm glad someone had both the wisdom and the fortitude to write this piece.
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