More than 2,700 innocent people in lower Manhattan were murdered by terrorists on September 11, 2001. Nine and a half years later, most Americans still refer to the World Trade Center site, which I had the honor of visiting on April 27, 2002, as Ground Zero. To this day, I cannot get images from that sacred ground, like dolls left by children for their departed moms and dads, out of my head.
Almost seven thousand miles from New York City is Kandahar City, which many military experts now believe is Ground Zero of the war in Afghanistan. On Monday, two NATO service members were injured when a terrorist blew himself up at a Kandahar customs house. While their nationalities have not been officially released, The Los Angeles Times, which has done a better job consistently covering the war effort than most major media outlets, reports that both wounded heroes are Americans. At least one unindentified, non-military bystander was killed in the bombing, with three more wounded…
Whether you live in Manhattan or way out in the Alaskan wilderness, you can be proud that brave, compassionate American warriors, who believe in fighting for people who can't fight for themselves, are representing our country. No American child should have to leave mementos for their parents at the site of terrorist attacks, and no Afghan child should have to live in fear of stepping on an IED while playing in their village. At this hour, we are all Kandaharians. Read it all here…
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