Remembering 911...

@ CACKy said in part: "The Greek Junta was installed by the US government."

And that would be one of my reasons for disapproving most American Interventions since Korea. (Tho Korea set the precedent for future ones.) We have a lousy track record, despite all the hype, of fostering actual democracies abroad. They often quickly morph or devolve into far right dictatorships.

When there was a lot of unrest in Cuba a few months ago and Cuban immigrants in Florida particularly but around the country began calling for the US to 'intervene', i pointed out that poor record and asked a few Cuban-descent people i know if they really want to wish that on the people back home who have already been suffering. (Response: Crickets). And right now, till we get our own house in order we have no business trying to tell anyone how to run their own.
 
fmdog44 said:
I won't watch one second of all the upcoming 911 TV shows running 24 hrs. on Sept 11.
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Can't fault you for that. i watch very little and participate in only a handful of threads like this. (My curiosity and fascination with human psychology gets the better of me and i want to see how different people are reacting.) But every so often years later some outfit will do a show touching on it that i will watch (for same reasons i participate a bit in threads like this). This year for the first time in a while there's one i do want to watch, a PBS thing--"Generation 9/11". Will have to steel myself.

By the same token i'm selective about what i watch about 60s and early 70s, about the Columbine school shooting and other national tragedies over the decades. Recently i've seen some short things talking to survivors of Columbine. Heart wrenching but often inspiring too., with some hints to navigating grief in general.

Here's a link to article about the PBS doc for anyone interested:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/e...tells-a-tender-coming-of-age-story/ar-AANXhLR
 
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When I was working, I went to the companies Ed Center in Kingston, NY., every couple of years. If I was there over a weekend, I would get up early on Sunday morning and drive down to NYC, and visit the tourist sites for a few hours, before the city streets became crowded. I went to the top of the WTC towers 3 or 4 times, over the years.
When I turned on the news, 20 years ago, and saw this tragedy taking place, I was sick to my stomach. To this day, I still have problems watching these buildings coming down, and the loss of lives.
I just hope there is a special place in Hell for those who commit such acts.
 
It must be a very hard task to go into battle trying to survive when your adversary actually seeks death just to kill you.
 
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