Seven Years Ago Today

Remember the people who died - not on the battlefield, without bearing arms...

The echoes of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks continue to reverberate seven years later.

We hear them every time we get news of a terrorist cell being discovered in a Western nation.

We hear them with every suicide bombing, with every unprovoked terrorist attack anywhere in the world.

With each of those echoes, we continue to mourn the 2,752 people who lost their lives when a co-ordinated terrorist attack on the United States felled the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, tore a hole in the wall of the Pentagon in Washington, D. C. and resulted in a plane crashing in a Pennsylvania field before it could reach its intended target. In particular, the repercussions of 9-11 rise every time a Canadian soldier loses his or her life fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Almost forgotten in the mists of time is that the NATO mission in Afghanistan is a direct result of 9-11.

The al-Qaida terrorists who hijacked passenger jets and piloted them into landmarks of U. S. financial and military might were based in Afghanistan, with the blessing -covert if not overt -of the radical Taliban government.

The attacks of 9-11 were an act of war, and NATO responded in kind.

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America attacked - a Flash animation commemorating the victims. Too bad it's can't be shared, so I can't embed it here. Please spare 10 minutes of your time to watch it.