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On this day 6 years ago, Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 passenger airplanes and slammed them to the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the heroes of Flight 93 sacrificed themselves by preventing their plane from striking DC.

On that day, terrorism was the biggest threat. It was literally chaos as people wondered if their loved ones were still alive and others fearful if their city was next. To some, reality didn’t set in as they couldn’t believe that within an hour on a clear Tuesday day, the world was suddenly changed. Nobody knew what else would happen in the coming days.  Episodes such as  the anthrax scare and the would-be shoebomber on flight close to Christmas 2001 made people wonder if we would ever live our lives the same ever again. 

Though our government policies have been more intrusive and some have literally violated our civil liberties, the American people are still living the American way of life. We work, play, travel, go shopping on the weekends, etc. For many, we are more appreciated of life and others give or serve their community more. While everyone changed one way or the other (in their thoughts or beliefs), the American way of life hasn’t.

I write this in light of the heading and from former Secretary of State Colin Powell recently stated in a GQ interview.

“What is the greatest threat facing us now? People will say it’s terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the great threat we are facing?”

An interesting question on this day of rememberance.

Check out the rest of the interview at:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_5900