It's been 5 long years...

Stardate 6362.83

5 years ago, nearly 3000 Americans were killed by terrorists. Today, 5 years later, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind allegedly behind the attacks is still free somewhere. "Dead or Alive" Bush vowed. instead, he turned his sites on Iraq, and $315 BILLION later, and 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians later, what has been solved? We have known that apart from some sort of infantile rhetoric, Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with the attacks on 9/11 so in reality, what has been done for "closure" since? We know that the Bush administration knew something was up that day, even if they were not directly behind the attacks. So what have they *really* done about it? They took the fight to someone else's yard... that's what.

My heart goes out to the families of those who lost loved ones on this fateful day, 5 years ago. My heart also goes out to the countless innocents that have been affected in the aftermath of the attacks, all across the world.

And Osama's still bin hidin.

What has changed since? Everyone has said that the world changed forever. Did it change for good? Did mankind unite together and forge stronger ties with our neighbours, and stand up to tyranny and oppression across the world? Nope. In fact, the world is likely more divided and suspicious than ever before. We now have secret prisons, torture charges, telephone and internet spying, car bombs, insurgents, less freedoms whether staying home or travelling abroad, and a nation that was the most powerful on the planet, clinging to save face and money, as the world slowly turns away from them.

And Osama's still bin hidin.

How does this President maintain his reigns on a nation that tried to impeach another President for ridiculously far less? Why does a country not demand justice for someone that has cost them much more than billions of dollars, and thousands of American lives?

And Osama's still bin hidin.