My heart goes out to all the victims and their families.
This was not only a attack on the USA, it was an attack on all democratic societies that these cowardly terrorists despise.

Hum, I can find a whole big lot of names to describe the people who did that, and none of them are nice. But I must say that "coward" is not one of them. Evil, animals, blood thirsty, machiavelic, spawn of Satan, ok, but not coward. When I first heard it from Bush, I didn't understand why the chopice of that word, and I still don't. Anyway, it is trivial really.

Oh, and please let's try to avoid speculation and racism until we know who did it. Sure, some extremist Palestinians could have done it, some extremist orthodox jews could gave too, Afganistan muslims, Cubans, Russians, Serbs, or any other belligerant people in this world, or even another American home boy like in Oklahoma City.
Tie will tell, and the perpetrators will be punished, that's for sure.

There is no word to say what this is...NONE!
my dad, was one of the people who worked on the makeing of the blue prints for the World Trace Center, NYC Port Authorty....so it hit home with me, AND A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINES, Friend was a body gaurd for a vip there, and no one knows of his status, but what we can only assume, is well....you all know.....PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE!!!!!

Wow... Speechless is a good word to describe me for most of the day, which is rare. As we watched on TV in school this morning, it appeared to be a horrific accident... Then, another plane crashed into the WTC, and it suddenly seemed to be something far more sinister. Next, the headline "Explosion reported at the Pentagon." At this point, several students are becoming increasingly upset and worried. For the rest of the day, we watched as buildings collapsed, fires burned, people died, and heroes were made... Truly unbelievable.

As I sit here and think about it, I wonder what is to come next. The death toll is certain to be at least four, if not five figures... With thousands and thousands more grieving their loss. How I see it, we will go on, but with much pain...

I, too, have heard it described as our generation's Pearl Harbor. I sincerely hope not. Pearl Harbor began the U.S. involvement in the largest war in history. I do not want to see that destruction repeated. While I feel retaliation is necessary, I don't believe we need to start a large war to get our revenge.

I've said this a few times today... My heart goes out to all touched by this tragedy... Not just the dead, wounded, and their families, but everyone... The EMTs, charging into the carnage to help, with the images of it permanently etched into their memories... The bystanders who helped them, and experienced the same... The people who barely escaped with their lives... And indeed, those who, tonight, aren't sure whether they'll awake to order or chaos tomorrow morning, all over the world... We all need to pull together, to be strong, and to be resolute. We will continue. The world will go on. It must, and we must... My two cents.

A very upsetting and interesting two messages were relayed to me today in a chat. These seem to hit very close to home.

-----Message 1-----
"In the City of God there will be a great thunder,Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb. The third big war will begin when the big city is burning" - Nostradamus 1654

-----Message 2-----
The flights that were Highjacked were from United and AA, they were numbered as follows:

11, 93, 175, and 77

11 = Today's Date
9+3 = 12 = Tomorrow
1+7+5 = 13 = Thursday
7+7 = 14 = Friday
Hopefully this is a coincidence and the terrorists can't add. but if this is correct there will either be acts of terrorism every day for the next few days or a grand event the last day.

like i said.... no genius

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As a former (9.5 years) Navy puke and a dependent of a (23.5 years) Air Force Officer, I would like to say that maybe now the US will recognize that their Military deserves respect, and should take pride in them. I've watched for years as liberals cut, and cut and cut benefits and positions to "scale down".
'A strong offense is the best defense'. When we again show ourselves as a strong united nation, we will see the terrorists as less of a threat. During and through WWI and WWII, Americans pulled together, and showed their resolve. Why is it that it takes a catastrophic event to re-unite us?

Thoughts for you to peruse..

JP

GreenReaper,

By no means were my comments to suggest that a stronger military would have prevented this, terrorism is terrorism-unpredicatable. However, passive response often begets more aggression. We have been (in the US) a passive nation for many years, as we think of ourselves as the 'holier-than-thou' keepers of civil liberties.

If we had been more of a nation of 'lets all be one and like everyone else' we would never have become an independent nation (from England) in the first place.

Might and power are often very unpleasant topics, but it is the law of nature (or the 'circle of life' if you prefer) that the strongest will and most often do survive.

If the threat of military offensive actions were greater, perhaps the terrorists behind this would have thought twice - or perhaps the country harboring them would have thought twice, about harboring them. If a bully picks a fight with you in the school yard (as I teach my kids), you should walk away. If he follows you home, you do your best to avoid a fight. When he attacks you, you defend yourself. If it happens all over again the next day, you attempt to beat the crap out of him. At some point it becomes do-or-die, and you must fight back.

JP

It is very sad to hear the sudden attack toward the WTC and the Pentagon. I give my deepest sympathy and prayers to the victims and their families. May God Bless Them.

I was laid-off 2 months ago from a company that had offices in the WTC. Due to more down-sizing, they moved from those offices. Who ever thought that being let go would save your life?

But on a sad note. I spoke with my former boss today. She said that the company did have a small training meeting scheduled for today on the 106th floor. Some one in the local office spoke with a woman just after the first plane hit. She said that everyone would get out and call back. No one heard from them again.

It has been said that everyone knows someone that was impacted from today's events. In fact the whole world has been impacted. No one did anything back in 1993 when the bomb went off in the parking garage. It was "let's get back to business as usual." We see results of that decision.

"If you want peace, you must prepare for war." That may sound like backwards logic, but it is the only way to truly live. Or in other words, "The needs of the many out-weigh the needs of the few." Our servicemen need to be supported for the work they do. They give up a lot to make sure their country can continue to enjoy peace. It is exactly because they had so many cuts that Terrorism has been allowed to fester and grow like a cancer on the world.

In all this tradegy, unsung heros are being created. I applaud the staff of Stardock for DOING something positive. We should all do something that helps. That is the real power of America. That is the real power of any country hit by terrorism.

My prayers are with the vicitims (that is all of us too). May God grant us peace through positive personal action. (If not you, then who?)

First of all, my deepest condolences to anyone who may be a victim of this horrifying incident.

Well, I think no matter where you are in the world you have a lot to think about, especially if your country is allied to America. I know my country [Australia] is and altohugh we're not directly affected, we are certainly obliged to be involved if there is a conflict. That puts us directly in danger. I just hope Bush is rational about the whole incident, personally i don't trust the guy, but i guess we'll all just have to wait and see.

Shit everything looks so different since i saw that report last night....

OMG!!!!! mediafly, that is some super-trippy sh#t going on there - I urge ppl to go read the thread. Here's an updated link, just make sure you start from the original post by "Xinoehpoel"


not sure how to post links here, but try:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=3B9EA882.BAC95C4A%40hotmail.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26rnum%3D10%26selm%3D8264f396.0109111411.6a8f8275%2540posting.google.com&as_drrb=b&as_maxd=10&as_maxm=9&as_maxy=2001&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995