I wrote this piece last year for the 5 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Outside up updating it to say “6th anniversary” and so forth, I see no need to change it. Successes from the surge aside, it seems that we’re still in about the same place.
I fear that if we don’t soon understand that we’re in a real war, one to the death, our children will die cursing us if they’re fortunate–or do the same in slavery if they aren’t.