9/11

[arisbe]

A remarkably ordinary day, though a beautiful one.

Later on we will take a bus down to the open air market at Union Square, and I would like to see What the Bleep in the evening.

As to what happened three years ago, I have told my story here.

davemac wrote his in the Irish language, but translated it for us here last year, at the bottom of a longish post.

In October, 2001, I was moved by THE OTHER: Islam and September 11th, 2001 by Frederick Wagner, writing in the spirit of Eric Voegelin. It saddens me greatly to read it today, because America did in fact launch the massive retaliation against the Arabs that Professor Wagner was so relieved that we had resisted in our grief.

Juan Cole points out today how far our cowardly surrender to the spirit of revenge has advanced the cause of bin Laden and his murderous fanatics.

Enough.