Five years on
We must never forget that since September 11th, 2001 almost 3,000 innocent people were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But we must also never forget that since that day, over 70,000 equally innocent people have been killed by America’s so-called ‘War on Terror’.
America claims to be fighting for freedom against ‘Islamic fascists’ and yet it detains people in secret and not-so-secret torture camps. America claims to be fighting to protect the innocent and yet when 1,000 innocents are slaughtered in Lebanon, America speeds up a shipment of smart bombs to the perpetrators. America claims to be fighting to bring democracy to the people of the Middle East, and yet when the people of Palestine choose a government which America disagrees with, America refuses to even talk with it.
The September 11th 2001 attacks were a dreadful crime, but what America has used it as an excuse for since is far worse.