And Rudy Guiliani Was Sane

 It's our family tradition that on July 4th we plug in the DVD of the Concert for New York. We do this because we have a nervous dog  and The Who are loud enough to drown out the booms of  any incoming mortar fireworks. We usually skip all the speeches and stories and just play the music but this year because the fireworks started extra early and were extra loud, we decided to watch the whole thing. 

We're on the eve of American troops leaving Afghanistan on September 11, 2021 twenty years after we dropped the first bomb. It's poignant to watch where we were 20 years ago; to listen to what we thought and see what we looked liked then, and to hear what we hoped for after our cozy American world was forever changed. Before September 11, it never occurred to us that terrorists could attack us on our own ground.

"We are All One and Stand Together. No One Can Divide Us." was echoed through all the words spoken that night. "We Love and Care For Each Other. We are Grateful." "We will build something better. We will be better." "We Will Be a Beacon for the World".

And Rudy Guiliani was sane.  

What happened to us?