Attacked from without and attacked from within.
Via NY Post:
We gather together on this solemn anniversary in a spirit of mourning and peace.
But this is also a time of unspeakable shame.
As we remember the nearly 3,000 souls who were butchered on American soil 14 years ago by Islamic terrorists bearing not a speck of decency or humanity, we must also remember what we have lost. And it is great.
In the days and weeks following Sept. 11, 2001, we were a nation united in agony. We bore a common resolve to defeat the forces of evil that hit us, and hit us hard. “Never again!’’ we cried in unison. I remember walking down a New York City street, debris still swirling in the air from the destroyed World Trade Center, and seeing women and even men hugging heroic cops, firefighters and other first responders.
Now, one is just as likely to see a man or woman in uniform spit upon or cursed at by the very people whose lives they protect every day.