nine eleven

Remembering 9/11 I am astounded by the lack of our convictions. Muslim terrorists, in the name of Allah, attacked. We pretend that they were just upset and not drawn by religious fervor. We decided that what they thought was ok, but what they did was wrong. We declared "The War on Terror". Terror didn't attack us, men did. I always felt that one couldn't fight a battle unless they knew their enemy. We don't know who our enemies are, though they know us well. They might as well have the advantage of invisibility, as we remain in denial. When Saddam and the Palestinians cheered 9/11, we sent the financial aid. We have set ourselves against our allies, loving our enemies (Saudi Arabia). Even George Bush had it wrong. He believed they needed Democracy. That's not what they needed. They needed The Bill of Rights. Freedom is what they needed. They needed protection from the democratic mobs. Scares me that we have not learned the real lesson of 9/11, so we are doomed to fight on blindly...

New York suffered loss at 9/11 of many EMS workers and fire fighters. I pray that those lost there, in the planes, and at The Pentagon were not lost in vain. May we be vigilant and see our enemy for who he is.

In remembrance of those brave emergency workers who gave their lives - I smoked a Martinez of New York Almirante 7x48 churchill. It had an EMS looking wrapper (European Market Selection) but was actually Ecuadoran Sumatra. Filler was Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Honduran with a Nicaraguan binder. The cigar was dense for a churchill, and had a rugged wrapper, with a pleasant aged odor. The taste was very woody, after an initial leather taste. It remained so until the last 1/3 when a slight peppery taste could be appreciated. It had a nice medium finish. The band and box were elegant, as was the cigar.

God Bless America

addendum:
great article by Ralph Peters in The New York Post
Betraying our dead
Forgetting the vows we made

amen