It Is The 17'Th Anniversary Of The Most Horrifying Event Of The 21'St Century

Ok. I'm going to throw my two cents in.

Seeing some "America deserved it".

Targeting the Pentagon, fair enough. Its a military target. Not saying it was right, but that one made sense in terms of wanting revenge, and United 93 was intended for a government target. But still, innocent lives ended.

The two targetting the WTC - these were not legit military targets. No one in those buildings, no-one below, none of the emergency folk, people on all four planes, none of these had anything to do with any shit going on in the Middle East. Just people going about their daily routine.  

We can wax rhetoric forever about American involvement in other country's affairs. Vietnam is raised, some ignorance of the circumstances noted. But, it is not like, oh, they decide to arbitrarily bomb civvies. That's not how it works. No complaint when the other sides attack civilians, as happened, but I do understand - we in the 21st Century, we really should have moved past war by now. 9/11 was a very costly reminder that, no, war has not gone away. Evil does not vanish simply because peace breaks out.


When someone believes their cause is just enough that thousands of deaths are a necessary expenditure, there is no reasoning with that mindset. That goes for all sides.