Brent Nyitray
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yellojkt9/11 – On what will prove to be one of the most significant days in United States history, members of the Islamic terrorist organization Al Qaeda successfully attack the US on its own soil, sending shock waves throughout the world. Four teams teams of terrorists board and hijack 4 early morning cross-country flights departing from Boston and New York, with the goal of flying them into various landmark buildings in New York and Washington. Two of the planes are flown into the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center in southern Manhattan, resulting in the eventual collapse of both and killing nearly 3,000 people, including over 400 NYC firefighters, policemen, and paramedics. A third plane flies to Washington D.C, crashing into the Pentagon, killing nearly 200 passengers, civilians, and military personnel. The fourth plane fails to reach its destination when passengers, made aware of the other crashes after making calls to the ground to report their own hijacking, stage their own attack on the hijackers. Upon breaching the cockpit, the hijackers dive the plane into a field in western Pennsylvania, killing all 45 passengers.
Much of the day’s events are played out in front of a live and captivated television audience, including the second plane hitting the WTC, the collapse of both towers, and perhaps most disturbingly, the sight of desperate office workers, trapped on floors above the infernos caused by the two crashes, making the horrific choice to leap more than a thousand feet to their death rather than be incinerated in the growing flames. The traumatic events of the day immediately enter the national consciousness, to be forever known as, and immediately brought to mind by, the simple numbers, 9-11.
Within a month of the attacks, America will retaliate, with President Bush initiating Operation Enduring Freedom, a military operation aimed at destroying AQ’s terrorist network in Afghanistan and ousting AQ’s Afghani hosts, the Taliban regime. Over the ensuing years the US will capture or kill many high ranking AQ operatives, an effort that will continue even into the presidency of Bush’s successor, Barack Obama, culminating in a 2011 raid on a Pakistani housing compound resulting in the killing of AQ founder and leader, Osama Bin Laden.
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All Things in Moderation 
It’s still hard watching the videos isn’t it? It almost wasn’t until the towers collapsed that I believed it was actually happening. I was on the phone with our youngest daughter when the first tower came down and she was practically screaming on the phone she was so upset.
And of course thinking back now on all the changes that single event has made to our lives keeps it in our thoughts almost daily……………..for me anyway. I woke up about 2:00 this morning thinking about the images from 9/11 and feeling a little weary if truth be told, and not from lack of sleep.
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I was in the office dealing with problems with a DCE/Encina system and following the events on the Washington Post’s web site.
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http://www.popehat.com/2011/09/11/ten-things-i-want-my-children-to-learn-from-911/
Popehat on 10th anniversary.
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Last year’s 9/11 post: Where were you? Definitely worth a re-read of the comments.
BTW…Happy birthday, Brent.
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That was a good link Nova, with lots of perspective for us all.
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Happy birthday Brent!
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oh, there’s a comment from allbutcertain in last year’s thread. 😦
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Happy Birthday Brent.
Nova, it made me sad to read her comment as well. I miss Emily a lot. We used to exchange some really great ideas via email and she had lots of words of wisdom for me.
I missed all those comments last year as I was either back in the hospital or sick again. I missed ATiM’s anniversary as well on the 13th. I think I commented finally a few days later. I remember reading about and seeing the news about the Libya consulate and Steven’s death while I was in the hospital.
Honestly, a lot of last year is just a big blur to me…………………lol
I should probably go back and read whatever I wrote as I had a fever for about 7 months……………….hahaha. It might be interesting……………..nah
Also too, my half birthday is coming up on Oct. 5th. 😉
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A lot has changed for me since last year, most of it for the better. So, being the eternal optimistic liberal that I am, I choose to believe it will continue to due so.
Happy birthday, Brent!
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Thanks for the kind birthday wishes everyone….
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Happy belated birthday Brent.
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Putin takes to the pages of the NYT to lecture the US about international norms and Syria. As tempting as it is to indulge in a little schadendfreud over the implicit digs Putin takes at Obama’s expense, I actually think it is pretty appalling that the NYT gives this guy a forum to make his transparently insincere case to the American people. Our diplomats may have an obligation to pretend not to know who/what Putin really is and to show him a respect he does not deserve, but the NYT is under no such obligation.
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Putin is a false-flag conspiracy theorists:
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“A Plea for Caution from Russia”, sort of makes me want to bomb the hell out of Syria. The NYTimes has jumped the shark.
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I’m kidding about bombing Syria of course. I went back to the Times and read some of the comments. I can’t believe so many Americans are actually praising Putin for his insightful words…………..and efforts at peace.
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Thanks 52%!
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Regardless of the fact that Putin wrote it, I find it hard to disagree with this assessment:
“Syria is not witnessing a battle for democracy, but an armed conflict between government and opposition in a multireligious country. There are few champions of democracy in Syria. But there are more than enough Qaeda fighters and extremists of all stripes battling the government. “
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