Over 11 years has passed since the tragic day of September 11th, 2001, but the memories still haunt many Americans to this day. It was a day that showed America's vulnerabilities, but it also put on display American courage! Since that day we have been mired in wars, failed plots, and successful plots, but we have still remained strong as American's. Today our country honored a man that many dislike, vilify, and even hate, but there is one thing they cannot take from George W. Bush, and that is he stood up in the face of evil and did what he thought was right!
The George W. Bush Memorial Library opened today with initial excitement as the former President and his wife, Laura, revisited their first days in office, but as they turned one of the first corners ABC News reports, "...former First Lady Laura Bush says she and her husband have both been brought to tears by the new 9/11 exhibit at the museum." That part of the Library must remind the two of a nightmare they would soon rather forget. Our country was up in arms demanding that someone pay for the bombings of the 'Twin Towers' and Bush used all of his resources to find out exactly who that 'someone' was.
As the years have gone by we all know that there were many mistakes that were made in 'The War On Terror', but one fact remains, and that is we did what we thought was right to protect our country. Many call the wars unjust or worse, but they must acknowledge the truth, Bush said Osama Bin Laden was behind the bombings, which was correct, and eventually we were able to kill Bin Laden very close to where our intelligence to us he was at the time. While many give the credit to Obama for the Osama Bin Laden killing, it would not have been possible without the larger, more blunt, invasion of Afghanistan. Further, if we had just stuck our heads in the sand during that great tragedy how much worse off would we be today? Bin Laden would be acting with impunity, and who knows what Saddam Hussein would be up to right now.
In honor of the new library I would like to personally thank George W. Bush for having to make the courageous decision to go after our enemies no matter what the cost. It is the Monday morning quarterbacks that now sit back and critique every decision made and have had a decade to come up with a better answer. When one is the leader of the free world you don't have the luxury to sit back for 10 years before you make a decision, you must act quickly with the best knowledge possible. Anyone who thinks otherwise is plain foolish, or a professor bent on making a name for themselves.
By Jeffrey Brandon Lee
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