That is the name of one of my favorite Country songs. It came out back in 2003 when it seemed that the feeling that we all had in the aftermath of that horrific attack had already faded. It’s been 15 years since that song and 17 years since the attack. If the attitude in the country only two years removed spawned a song like that, I can only imagine what kind of song Darry Worley would write now.
The answer to the question though is yes. We as a country have collectively forgotten. There was such a sense of unity among most Americans during that time, but it really didn’t take long for that feeling to fade and give way to rationalizations and the short memories of a society focused on instant gratification. Now, the disunity we are experiencing today is highlighted by the emotions that the attacks of 9/11 invoke for most people; the left has always blamed the victim for the attack so they don’t even think of it as an attack as much as chickens coming home to roost.
Every year on this day, I reflect on what I was doing when I heard about the attack, what the people I love were doing, wondering if they were all safe because communications were so badly affected. Then I end up thinking about how far we have fallen since then. It’s hard not to place blame for the division, and I won’t do that here. Besides, if you know me and follow me, you know exactly where I stand on that score. But the question remains, what do we do about it or is there anything that can be done? I said in my podcast that I think we’re in for a prolonged period division in this country, but I could be wrong.
When Ronald Reagan was elected back in 1980 it was the result of the disastrous presidency of Jimmy Carter. The parallels between then and now are uncanny. The left viciously attacked Reagan back then, although not to the extent that Trump is being savaged from within and without, but still. Reagan presided over a booming economy and the longest period of peacetime prosperity in the country’s history. Today, with record low unemployment, an economy growing at a rate nearly twice that of the rate of Obama’s economy, there is a chance that the jobs and money could help to narrow the ideological gap that we see. Maybe. It depends on how strong a hold the American socialists have on the country. We’ll see where we are next September.