Another Perspective
Have We Forgotten Yet?
Remember the fallen of 9/11, but don’t forget how they fell.
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And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you
then
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As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
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Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
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With dying eyes and lolling heads — those ashen-grey
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Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?
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em>Have you forgotten yet?…
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Look up, and swear by the green of the spring that you’ll never
forget.
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We won’t forget those we lost, but we must also not forget how we lost them. If memory is devoted solely to the focus on absence and not on cause, then 9/11 becomes no different than a day of mourning for the victims of a tragic fire. Unfortunately there are a good number of Americans who for various reasons desire this kind of national posture. Those of us who disagree will have to win this argument before America can win the war.
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