Predictions Approaching Petraeus Report

There have been a number of predictions leading up to the Petraeus report expected for Congress on Tuesday, September 11th. The predictions range in style, mostly critical and some personal attacks on Petraeus himself, after all when you don't like the message the messenger is fair game. There are also a number of predictions the US intends to escalate the war in the region this week, perhaps even taking advantage of the lack of moon on Tuesday to strike Iran, particularly with the USS Nimitz heading back to the Gulf region.

I only have one prediction for 9/11/2007. On the day Americans watched the twin towers fall 6 years ago and felt shock and horror watching Americans die in a tragedy, an act of terrorism against our nation, there was also a quiet outrage at the behavior of those overseas in some countries who celebrated the deaths of thousands of people solely for the advancement of their politics. What do we make of those who celebrated the death of Americans that day?

This Tuesday it is a good bet that someone, somewhere has big plans to kill as many innocent people as possible in Iraq or Afghanistan to celebrate the anniversary of 9/11. My prediction is those deaths will be used in snark as an attack on General Petraeus, that like the deaths on 9/11 in 2001 there will be too many, and probably a several in our own US media, who will celebrate the deaths of those innocent people in the cause of advancing their politics. Remember those feelings for those people overseas who celebrated the death of Americans on 9/11 2001 for their politics, and compare whether you have been dehumanized by war to feel nothing for the innocents who will probably be killed this coming Tuesday, for the same cause by the killers, yet meaningless to those in the west who use those innocent deaths as political pawns for an objective.

Tis a sad state of affairs the enemy has so successfully aligned its objectives with those of at least one political wing in our own country.... or dare I say, has one political wing of our country aligned its political objectives with those of our enemy? Should that wing celebrate the death of innocents, by terrorists who kill for the same reason they killed Americans on 9/11, for political gains to their political objectives, it is increasingly difficult to intellectually not conclude that some haven't in fact aligned their political objectives with the terrorists.

Remembering 9/11/2001, SteelJawScribe was in the Pentagon on 9/11 2001. A not to be missed read in 2 parts, Part1 and Part2. He also has 2 remembering posts up, Part1 and Part2.

Never forget.