Gryphmon's Grumbles

Honor vs. Terrorism: The American Way Once Again

Its sad, but I find myself needing to re-publish this post yet again. I'm not updating it with current events, because its about principles, moral and otherwise, that in theory are unchangeable.

I simply don't believe that we can win the War on Terror unless it remains a moral war. We need to have a moral victory as well as a tactical one. It may even be a  more important goal. There's just no shortage of Terrorists.  They can't be defeated with just bullets, they have to defeated by ideas.

9-11 Down-side Up

I looked up at the tallest building
Felt it falling down
I could feel my balance shifting
Everything was moving around
These streets so fixed and solid
Ah shimmering haze
And everything that I relied on disappeared

Downside up, upside down
Take my weight from the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknonwn
All the strangers look like family
All the family looks so strange
The only constant I am sure of
Is this accelerating rate of change

Downside up, upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown

I stand here
Watch you spinning
Until I am drawn in
A centripetal force
You pull me in

Pull me in, Pull me in
ovo, ovo, ovo

Downside up
Upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping into the unknown

-Peter Gabriel from The Nest that Sailed the Sky.