John McCain and Barack Obama said they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, in a statement, said they will appear together at the World Trade Center site on Thursday, September 11, “to honor the memory of each and every American who died” in the 2001 attacks.
Personally, I feel that this is a self-motivated move for Obama because judging from their own comments, Barack and Michelle Obama has a negative view of Americans.
I’m a native New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn. I was at home when we were attacked, my husband was at work. I will never forget that day….the smells, the chaos, the horror, the fear. I lost two friends and countless neighbors and acquaintances on that day. My husband volunteered his time, not only with his job but with the Red Cross. He would cry like a baby when he came home at night. We attended so many funerals and memorial services that I lost count.
Obama’s public reaction to the World Trade Center attacks, published in the Hyde Park Herald on Sept. 19, 2001:
Even as I hope for some measure of peace and comfort to the bereaved families, I must also hope that we as a nation draw some measure of wisdom from this tragedy. Certain immediate lessons are clear, and we must act upon those lessons decisively. We need to step up security at our airports. We must reexamine the effectiveness of our intelligence networks. And we must be resolute in identifying the perpetrators of these heinous acts and dismantling their organizations of destruction.
We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics. Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.
We will have to make sure, despite our rage, that any U.S. military action takes into account the lives of innocent civilians abroad. We will have to be unwavering in opposing bigotry or discrimination directed against neighbors and friends of Middle Eastern descent. Finally, we will have to devote far more attention to the monumental task of raising the hopes and prospects of embittered children across the globe—children not just in the Middle East, but also in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and within our own shores.
All I have to say is….if Barack Obama was President on September 11, I can’t even imagine what that would have been like. It appears, from his above reaction, he would have spent more time and effort telling us to take the terrorists feelings into consideration, than he would being concerned about his own country. Is it any wonder that people like Ahmed Yousuf want Obama to become our President;
Tags: Misc, ObamaHamas terrorist organization has expressed “hope” Sen. Barack Obama will win the presidential elections and “change” America’s foreign policy. “We like Mr. Obama, and we hope that he will win the elections,” Ahmed Yousuf, Hamas’ top political adviser in the Gaza Strip, said in an exclusive interview with WND and with the John Batchelor Show on WABC Radio in New York.
