> NINE ELEVEN, SIX AND COUNTING
>
> Nearly three thousand killed
> On that sad and fateful day
> And more dying all the time
> Since our Nation lost it's way.
>
> We went after the terrorists
> Rightly, in Afghanistan
> Then, the invasion of Iraq
> Began that War of a flawed plan.
>
> The Taliban and al-Qaeda
> Were going down with their defeat
> Then we quit, took Troops away
> Before their demise was complete.
>
> The most wanted man on Earth
> Osama, is still on the run
> We probably could have had him
> If we'd finished, what we'd begun.
>
> But now, Iraq is full of terrorists
> They're running wild, far and wide
> And each day we have more Muslims
> Going over to the terrorist's side.
>
> The Iraqis people must stand up
> And learn to govern, their own way
> Saddam is gone, and they are free
> To speak out, and have their say.
>
> Our Country is deep in debt
> Our Troops, weary and spread thin
> Bogged down in Iraq's civil war
> That many say, we can not win.
>
> Our borders are still wide open
> People come and go as they please
> Just like those from Nine Eleven
> More cells can sneak in with ease.
>
> There's many say we are no safer
> And the World is in dire straits
> And many who once stood beside us
> Place blame on this United States.
>
> And no, we never will forget
> What happened that terrible day
> And all those precious lives taken
> Or the great price we had to pay.
>
> But, there's thirty-eight hundred more Who have paid the ultimate cost
> As we wonder how many more Family's loved ones must be lost?
>
> We have too many brave Heroes
> Who serve, and will maybe, die
> As more and more people ask
> Was this War worth it, and why?
>
> As we mourn those from Nine Eleven
> Let's add those lost, since, to our prayers And show all who are
> serving now We are a Nation, that truly cares.
>
> Let them know, we want them Home
> That, enough of them have died
> That each, will get a Hero's welcome
> For a job, well done, with Pride.
>
> We have asked enough of them
> Much more, than we should expect
> But, they did, themselves Proud
> And surely earned, our deep Respect!
>
> Del "Abe" Jones
>
>
on 9-11 I was on the Phone with my girl when she looked out the window from her 11 floor Apt. in Chelsey NY and that is what she saw.
She just said Oh, my God Mom what just happen?
We Remember for ever and bow our head in Prayers to all who died and the men and women who died to try to save lifes, there our HERO'S
Thank you, Love Madie
