Tootfinder

I remember two American war declarations clearly. The Gulf War/Desert Storm with GHW Bush... I was sitting in front of the little TV in our basement rec room watching him…January 1991
and the day GW Bush invoked Article 5 and declared war on Afghanistan.
I was again, sitting in front of a TV, the only time I went to the home of the parents of my girlfriend at the time.
I remember that day in 2001 thinking, wondering whether it was the right thing to do.
It was right for Canada to abide by the NATO treaty. But the subsequent 13 years and hundreds of dead Canadians, for what is now, the same Afghanistan as before, if not worse, makes it clear following blind rage does not solve anything.
This deAdder cartoon from that time, that he posted on his blog today, is good.
#Sept11 #NineEleven #politics #Remembrance

Heute gehört:
Die USA hat am 11. September 2001 aufgehört, ein Rechtsstaat zu sein.
Wenn wir Opfern von 9/11 gedenken,
dann sollten wir auch an die unschuldig in Fort Guantanamò Eingesperrten, die Opfer der Angriffe gegen Afghanistan und den Irak, den Sikkh, der als Muslim gelyncht wurde, weil er einen Turban trug und an die Opfer von ISIS und derTaliban denken
Die USA hätte anders reagieren können.
Was für eine verpasste, einmalige Chance.
#USA #NineEleven #Rechtsstaat #neueWege #gemeinsam

Here is a story about the response in Vancouver at YVR.
It was the same at Gander, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax (not sure if there other Canadian airports that turned into refuges)
""I remember going to my manager airside and this is the detailed instructions I gave them: You’ve got 34 jumbos coming, figure out where they can park," Richmond said.
"And they figured it out." "
"It was a team of airport staff, including people who were normally plumbers, carpenters, and electricians. She said it was a similar story all over the airport that day.
"People who work in our offices ... they were working alongside a guy who normally replaces baggage belts," she said. "
"The one word she used to summarize the day: humanity.
"We saw the very very best of it. As we know, we also saw some of the worst of it. But the very best of it so far outweighed the worst of it."
#Sept11 #NineEleven #politics #Remembrance

As the 25th anniversary approaches.
A new Heritage Minute emerges about Gander on that day.
#NineEleven #Canada #USA #Friends #Family #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USPoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjsUk7PchI