Please Take a Moment

And remember the honored sailors who lost their lives in the attack on the USS Cole 5 years ago today. Michelle Malkin's site has a very good review with a considerable number of links. Don't forget how the Yemenis at the docks danced and celebrated as our men lay dead or dieing.

Never forget how the United States failed to significantly strike back for the loss of these men and so many others, like those at the embassies in Africa or those at Khobar Towers. Let us never again be so impotent in the face of those who wish us harm. That only 17 sailors died makes this no less of an attack against us than the attacks on civillians and military personnel on 9/11.

In these instances, the American government failed in its most sacred and fundamental duty, to protect its citizenry. Never let them forget how they failed us and how they must do better. This is a cruel world and things like this cowardly attack will likely happen again and again to more than just our nation. But we must never become complacent enough to ignore or accept such evil.