Effects of 9/11 (Part II)

*This is the second part of the three part blog dedicated to the events leading up to and following September 11^th, 2001.*

The first concept I want to examine is the bias spin put on by the Liberal Media and how they (the Media) have been successful influencing the values of our American society. Particularly the media has maintained a strong focus upon President George W. Bush and his administration pertaining to the events pre and post 9/11, while seemingly forgetting about the two-term presidency of Bill Clinton prior to Bush being in office.

It has been a known issue, for many years dating back past the presidency of Jimmy Carter, that when Democrats are in office or have control the thought process of the Democratic Party is to cut expenditures on programs pertaining to National Security, Defense programs, while seemingly throwing money towards socialist programs such as healthcare.

For the first One Hundred Sixty-Five years of our Country’s existence, National Defense consisted of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Our first true taste of attack from abroad did not occur until December 7^th, 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor. This opened the door to what would lead to the attacks on 9/11. One must question whether an attack would have been thwarted, if a Republican would have been in office from 1992 to 2000? Obviously chances are relatively high that spending would have gone into National Defense programs and I would like to think that a Republican would have taken Sudan up on their offering of Osama Bin Laden.

In present day we have groups that believe we are not winning the War on Terrorism, but one has to seriously doubt these beliefs every time there is a dramatic situation involving terrorists. For example, the capturing of Saddam Hussein, the killing of his sons, the assassination of Zarqhawi, and every other development that will occur thanks in large part to President Bush's War on Terrorism. When something of the magnitude occurs as previously mentioned, this deals a devastating blow to the platform of the Democratic Party. Momentum swings greatly in the favor of the GOP when announcements as such are released to the American public as well as the World.

One of my favorite Bush quotes is, “…We have to be successful 100% of the time…while terrorists only need to be successful once…” This comment is not complex in the least but says it all. Unfortunately it appears that Democrats are anxiously waiting for the Bush Administration to fail, when it should be trying to support our Country’s Commander-in-Chief.

Of course though, it might actually take another attack on our Land of the Free to wake up these individuals and groups to the seriousness of what Terrorists throughout the World are trying to do to our Western Civilization. Their goal is simple, it is to annihilate the American society as we know it.

In our society though, when things are going good we seem to be a divided country and when something bad happens such as a 9/11, we seem to try to unite as one. Why must it take something of magnificent negativity or devastation to bring families, friends, neighbors, and even strangers together?