CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
SOME DATES IN MODERN TIMES ARE FIXED IN OUR COLLECTIVE MEMORIES. NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY. APRIL, 1968, THE MONTH WHEN ROBERT KENNEDY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR WERE MURDERED. AND OF COURSE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, THE ATTACK ON AMERICA BY ISLAMIC TERRORISTS THAT INITIALLY KILLED NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE AND BY CANCER AND OTHER AFTER EFFECTS HAVE LED TO AN ESTIMATED 10 THOUSAND DEATHS.
OUR BIGGEST MISTAKE LEADING UP TO 9/11 WAS NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY THE THREATS AGAINST US. OSAMA BIN LADEN CALLED FOR AN ATTACK ON THE U.S. HE WAS LARGELY IGNORED. WHY DIDN’T SOMEONE THINK IT SUSPICIOUS THAT THE HIJACKERS TOOK FLYING LESSONS AT A SCHOOL IN FLORIDA, BUT ONLY HOW TO TAKEOFF, NOT LAND?
THEN THERE IS THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT. SIX DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISITED THE ISLAMIC CENTER IN WASHINGTON AND CLAIMED THE ATTACKERS DIDN’Y REPRESENT WHAT HE CALLED THE “PEACEFUL RELIGION” OF ISLAM. HISTORY AND MODERN TIMES PROVE ISLAM IS ANYTHING BUT PEACEFUL. DENIAL SET US UP FOR THAT ATTACK 25 YEARS AGO AND CONTINUED DENIAL WILL SET US UP FOR ANOTHER ONE. ONLY GOD CAN PROTECT US. I’M CAL THOMAS.
