In September of 2001, I was 38 and fortunate enough to be living in Madison, WI. I am not an expert, and certainly know less than those who actually fought in Afganistán and Iraq. But there were those of us who protested both wars from the beginning.
In late September I was in Washington, DC for a meeting about global debt relief, and some people there were from New York. They were visibly shaken and had lost family members. When I protested the war in Afghanistan, I did so knowing that the attack on 9/11 was horrific.
But putting Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld in charge of ongoing wars against "terrorism" seemed like a very bad idea. The authoritarianism appeared almost immediately - the idea that you could not criticize the government, the surveillance, NSA, and "Homeland" "Security".
I watched the second tower fall in live time on September 11th, 2001 and I will never forget that. I used to fly a lot by airplane and am very aware of the security precautions on airplanes. 9/11 was horrific, but the right wing Republican response was equally bad.
Also, why the Frack is Ed Snowden criticizing Biden? Snowden isn't that stupid.
@threadreaderapp please unroll when you have a chance. Thank you.
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