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To: NickSE who wrote (7667)	9/11/2003 7:29:42 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793801

9/11 in 20/20 Hindsight Straining to see through the fog of war. nationalreview.com ...September 11 was not the day this conflict began. Rather, 9/11/01 was the day when Americans first began to seriously fight back. The order to do that was not given by any government official or military officer. It was a decision made by ordinary citizens, passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 as it flew over Shanksville, Pennsylvania. They grasped the reality of their situation and they determined to die free and fighting rather than allow themselves to be led meekly to slaughter. Prior to that moment, most Americans had deluded themselves into believing that terrorism was merely a nuisance. Ignore it — it will go away. Washington's policy was inaction — and appeasement...