Freedom Tower

  They opened the museum today, one that commemorates a moment in our history that none of us who lived through will ever forget. Each of us shared all kinds of feelings. A helpless feeling, one that made us sad and empty. Shock and confusion gave way to fear, and fear soon became anger, and for some, that anger became rage! An anger made worse by the frustration that came with the realization that we could do nothing to release those feelings. We demanded justice, but could not realize it, because the enemy, who hates everything about us is a coward, and like all cowards, they will not face us one to one. They look first to divide by spewing vile and evil words! Given the chance, they will kill you in your sleep, and then go slinking off, back into the shadows where the cockroaches and vermin live.
  But they were unable to achieve their real goals, which was not just to blow up a building, but to divide us, and fill us with fear! What they got instead, even while the buildings still smoldered, was that they awakened the sleeping giant!
  The American people rose up, united as one, by actions and words that restored hope! Words that  put action in our words, which made us feel that though there was little we could do, at least we were doing something? They said to the maniacs, We will require justice, and that, You are either with us, or you are with the terrorists! For about two glorious weeks, people put flags on their houses, their cars also showed proudly American flags and bumper stickers! Patriotism was no longer considered corny but cool! And we have built another tower, a tower called Freedom, and it is a monument meant to honor the fallen, but also to take note of the tenacity of our people!
  But sadly, thoughts and actions like this, have all but disappeared, and we are becoming what the terrorists wanted us to be all along? A wedge has been driven between us, one more powerful then the bombing and the murders carried out by maniacs. It is an ideology meant first to divide us, and pit one against another. An ideology whose real goal is to take away our freedom with words more powerful then bombs! Maybe it's true? Maybe the pen truly is mightier then the sword!