9-11....9 years later

      Approxamently 9 years, 4 hours and 30 minutes ago, the Twin Towers that were apart of the World Trade Center, was hit by 2 airplanes.  Ever since that day our country hasn't been the same.  I mean it's nice to see that we've amped up our homeland security and honored those who helped save and risk their own lives with only minutes to come up with plans and schemes.  Also, I'm glad to see that we have moved on from it.  And those Americans who were involved, have moved on with their lives.

     However, that day had some negative effects on us.  We've blamed people who weren't even involved because politicians put there own pride before the country. Since 9/11, Americans have completely lost respect for people of Middle-Eastern descent.  Like, everytime we see or notice an Arab person, Islamic, etc. we automatically assume terrorist or suicide bomber.  Our country has gone back to the concept thinking of paranoia like the days from The Cold War. Now, with the war in Iraq and troops in Afghanistan, we've put our country in a "Lose Lose" situation. Then, for almost 20 years we've been searching for a guy whose worth more than a Professional Sports Franchise.  Because of the fact that we've never found him, I'm starting to question if he is even real, and us trying to search for him is just a plot by Al Queda so we won't try to come down on the other members. 

     All I'm saying is, what happened, happened.  There were heroes, there were villians.  The other day in class my teacher talked about how, Americans didn't believe something like 9-11 could happen at that time, and I'm realizing that he's right.  If you think back, at that time and really in the 90's, we didn't have to worry about being bombed or anything like that because all of those worries really ended with the Cold War in the late 80's. So, as the time passed our attitudes were kind of laid-back because our most biggest fear that we had, which was nuclear war, was behind us and there as nothing to fear and life was pleasant.  But now all of that has changed and everything that used to be important isn't, like the economy, healthcare, social security, etc. and the only reason why those things are being stressed is because they're falling fast, because when we had the chance to keep them steady we focused on somebody else trying to bomb our country.  In conclusion, I would like to send my condolences to the families of those who had some pass during 9-11, and a thank you to those who fought a battle home turf that day, also take a look back and see how everything has changed and shapeshifted around us.