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Barack Obama

DevonRex

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3. You said it very well.

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 01:27 PM

Sep 2013

I hope it will be over one day. I hope there's a time when Al Qaeda is just a memory and we can close that chapter for good.

ETA: My father's birthday was September 11th. He died before 9/11. Is it terrible to say I'm glad? I don't know. He died long before it. But when it happened I thought at least he never had to celebrate his birthday on the day of such a terrible thing. Or the anniversary of such a terrible thing. When Pearl Harbor happened he'd just turned 20. He joined the Marines the next day because he was a crop duster and could fly to get those bastards that attacked us. On 9/11 he would have felt useless, helpless and angry. I'm glad he didn't have to feel that way.

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September 11, 2033: my hope for the millions of children born after 9-11-2001 [View all] Hekate Sep 2013 OP

Mahalo for your OP, Hekate~ Cha Sep 2013 #1

Mahalo to you Cha Hekate Sep 2013 #2

You said it very well. DevonRex Sep 2013 #3

K&R sheshe2 Sep 2013 #4