by Bruce A. Gorcyca

Created on: December 28, 2006   Last Updated: April 19, 2007

On television sets across America President Bush is trying hard to sell today's generation on the idea that the horrific 911 attack is a current day version of Pearl Harbor, the turning point in history for our senior generation. But in comparing the two bold tragedies, the wisdoms of our father prevails and we find there are far mor differences than similarities. Further, this heated debate provide us an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the what really happened - and why. Few want to actually confront the ugly truth, much less admit it. It is far more comfortable and even convenient to become the proverbial ostrich who buries his head in a hole to avoid the painful realities of life. When it comes to 911, we have collectively become a nation in denial and here's why...

Over the last five years, "we the people" have been herded like sheep into a frenzy of revenge - to find, punish, and kill anyone and everyone we can remotely link to the 911 tragedy. Very few of us, including the media questioned the motives, explanations, or "evidence" presented by our leaders, because we were too focused on retribution. And while we were all distracted by the war mongering rhetoric about those invisible weapons of mass destruction, and fabricated "nuclear Iraqi threats" we were also diverted away from the most important issues and questions of all. Even to this day, not one American Senator or Congressman has had the courage to publicly ask "Why did this happen?" or "Why do people so far away hate America so much?" or more to the point... "What is the root cause of terrorism" The answers to these questions are quite ugly, But if you are a true American patriot, the truth, once confronted, is enlightening and provides a path to resolution of all the hatred and perhaps even peace in the world we must share with others.

First and foremost we should all look around and notice that countries like Argentina, Norway, Austria, Singapore, Mexico, The Netherlands, etc. do not have to spend billions of their tax dollars fighting terrorism or send their children, husbands, and fathers off to die in bloody wars chasing down terrorists and so now the question becomes "Why not? Frankly, these countries do not have a history of invading , occupying or secretly fomenting revolutions in other sovereign nations. Their foreign policies are not exploitive, nor provocative, and they do not get their way in the world by becoming the biggst bully on the block who gets his way at the end of a

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