Unfortunately, in the presence of compelling falsehoods (the WMD sham – for example) even the more rational amongst us may find reasons to remain supportive of extreme actions.

Which, for me, raises another far less noble cause we should not forget. That being the relative ease with which so many untruths were foisted on the American public and the world.

“Lies . . . damn lies . .. “

I will never, ever forget that day — either the shocking events or the heroism of the people on Flight 93 and the First Responders and others who kept going back into the buildings to rescue people until the towers fell. I was fortunate to attend the ESPY awards in Los Angeles after 9/11, and they had the wives of those guys on Flight 93 as honored guests. When they were introduced, the outburst of emotion was like nothing I’ve ever seen. Same thing at the opening ceremony of the Salt Lake City winter Olympic games in 2002. I’m no fan of George W. Bush, but there are things about him I won’t forget: the look of resolve in his face and stride as he walked from his helicopter to the White House after AF One finally returned him to D.C.; his arm around the fireman at Ground Zero and his comment with the bullhorn to the crowd that the people who did this will be hearing from us; and his spectacular perfect ceremonial opening pitch at the World Series in NY. It occurs to me that the “Let’s Roll” group on Flight 93 should be awarded not just the nation’s highest civilian honor, but also the highest military honor (the Medal of Honor). Once they were informed about what happened with the other planes and knew what they must do, they became soldiers engaged in a military mission against an enemy force and saved countless lives, not to mention either the Capitol or White House.

Ronn Owens on KGO, who is Jewish and very hawkish about issues dealing with Israel and Islamic radicalism, came out firmly against the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” when he heard about it. Then, he visited Ground Zero and the site of the community center. He completely reversed his position.

Never forgive!