In the column" 9/11 is over", Thomas L. Friedman criticizes an article from The Onions that talks about Mayor Rudy Giuliani (New York City )announcing his plan to run for president of 9/11. “As president of 9/11, I will usher in a bold new 9/11 for all.’ If elected, Giuliani would inherit the duties of current 9/11 President George W. Bush, including making grim facial expressions, seeing the world’s conflicts in terms of good and evil, and carrying a bullhorn at all state functions.”
Friedman made the following statement in respond to that quote: “Like all good satire, the story made me both laugh and cry, because it reflected something so true — how much, since 9/11, we’ve become ‘The United States of Fighting Terrorism.” In other words since the 9/11 attack following by The War against Terror our nation has been turning into something unrecognizable.
Friedman says that since 9/11 America has been socked and all our government has been focus on the War against terror instead of taking care of other important issues in our country. I totally agree with his column. It’s time to move on.
Yes, we do need more security and precautions to keep our people safe from terrorist but, we have to put an end to this nonsense war and get things straight so our lives can return back to normal.
He also mentions that the United States has been in decadence since then, concerning business, foreign affairs, infrastructure, the travel industry etc…
I feel that Friedman is trying to persuade people to make good conscience and vote for a leader who is going to end the War and put our nation back in track so we can be reunited by common purposes and not as common enemies, and together make the United States a better nation.
link to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/opinion/30friedman.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists
Friedman made the following statement in respond to that quote: “Like all good satire, the story made me both laugh and cry, because it reflected something so true — how much, since 9/11, we’ve become ‘The United States of Fighting Terrorism.” In other words since the 9/11 attack following by The War against Terror our nation has been turning into something unrecognizable.
Friedman says that since 9/11 America has been socked and all our government has been focus on the War against terror instead of taking care of other important issues in our country. I totally agree with his column. It’s time to move on.
Yes, we do need more security and precautions to keep our people safe from terrorist but, we have to put an end to this nonsense war and get things straight so our lives can return back to normal.
He also mentions that the United States has been in decadence since then, concerning business, foreign affairs, infrastructure, the travel industry etc…
I feel that Friedman is trying to persuade people to make good conscience and vote for a leader who is going to end the War and put our nation back in track so we can be reunited by common purposes and not as common enemies, and together make the United States a better nation.
link to the article:
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