09-12-11:After 9/11, The Lingering Question... Are We Safer Today? [PLUS:A Decade On, FSM Remembers 9/11]

A Decade On, Family Security Matters Remembers 9/11 Family Security Matters' Contributors A hyperlinked guide to all of our contributors' articles commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11. ** VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS ** 1. We'll Never Get Over It, Nor Should We: Ten years later, remembering a day of horror and heroism. [Peggy Noonan] 2. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush's Speeches at Flight 93 Tribute 3. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Father of Flight 93 Hero Todd Beamer on Son Storming Cockpit, Shouting 'Let's Roll' 4. ** 9-11 VIDEO: President Bush Visits Yankee Stadium during World Series - Weeks after 9-11 5. ** 9-11 VIDEO: When the World Stopped Turning: A 9/11 tribute 6. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Emotional and Moving 9-11 Tribute Video 7. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Lee Greenwood - A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial (23 Sept 2001) - God Bless the USA 8. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Rudy Giuliani: ‘I wish I had anticipated' 9/11 9. **9-11 VIDEO: George W. Bush reflects on 9/11,‘fog of war' 10. **9-11 VIDEO: Bloomberg Defends Exclusion of Clergy & First Responders on 9/11 11. ** 9-11 VIDEO: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 "A DAY OF EVIL" 12. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Hero Dogs of 9-11 13. ** 9-11 VIDEO: 9-11 A Hero's Creed - In honor of First Responders our 9-11 heroes 14. ** 9-11 VIDEO: "I Was There" Tribute to September 11, 2001 15. **9-11 VIDEO: 10 years after 9/11, Today's Wish Kids reflect 9/11: An Awakening W. Thomas Smith, Jr. A 9/11 anniversary address delivered this afternoon to Main Street United Methodist Church, Columbia, S.C., Sept. 11, 2011. Ten Years after 9/11, Jihadis are Winning the War Dr. Walid Phares A decade after the jihadi strikes against America's military and financial centers at the hands of al-Qaida, the question remains: Have we won the war? What Americans Have Learned Since 9/11 John McLaughry By the end of that awful day it had become brutally clear that a powerful new Islamic movement had shifted its target list, from American interests to America itself. World Trade Center Facts that Cannot be Ignored Joe Wright Some people have condemned the World Trade Center towers as deathtraps, disregarding the fact that they stayed up long enough to allow thousands to flee. Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. ‘An Occasion for Shame': NY Times‘ Paul Krugman Attacks 'Fake Heroes' Bush, Giuliani in Shocking 9/11 Blog Post [NYT] 2. Military Jets Safely Escort Flights to NYC and Detroit After Passengers Made Suspicious Trips to Bathrooms [BLAZE] 3. What Does More Stimulus Mean for America? [HERITAGE] 4. Israeli PM says global terror lives on 10 years after 9/11 [HAARETZ] 5. Obama will submit his jobs plan to Congress Monday [CNN] 6. Taliban claim Afghanistan truck bomb attack that wounded 77 US troops [CSM] 7. Revisiting 9/11: Unpublished Photos by James Nachtwey [TIME] 8. Rumsfeld: We Kept Pentagon Open to Send a Message [AP] 9. Untold Story of 9/11: Detective Tom Hovagim Reveals the September 11 Memories He'll Carry With Him Forever [FOX INSIDER] 10. Worldwide observances of 9/11 produce kaleidoscope of memories [WT] 11. 9/11 Anniversary: Around the country, Americans pause to remember [CSM] Symposium: 9/11 + 10: Back to the Future? James Carafano, PhD The terrorist threat remains, but much progress has been made over the last ten years. Is the current administration effectively warding off future attacks? Ugly Truths, Ten Years Later Vito Esposito Since 9-11-2001 America has endured and disrupted many attempted attacks by Muslim men loyal to Allah, Muhammad and the Quran on our soil. Remembering, on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 John Bernard My prayer is to remember, with humility, those who have sacrificed their very lives, and hopes and dreams that we might continue to live in relative peace and comfort... Twin Towers on 11 September: A Poem Stephen Cheney A poem submitted by a reader. They Destroyed My Towers Alan Caruba Whenever I think about September 11, 2001, I have only one emotion and that is a deep, unrelenting anger that a group of murderous, suicidal Islamists destroyed "my towers." After 9/11, The Lingering Question... Are We Safer Today? Ruth King Too often terrorists have been excused on the basis of "root causes" and presented as a victimized group with a legitimate grudge against the West. How Far Have we Come? Gadi Adelman Now that it has been ten years since America suffered its most horrific day, have the changes to our nation really accomplished anything to keep us safer? Remembering the Unforgettable Amil Imani It is said that "powerlessness frustrates and absolute powerlessness frustrates absolutely; absolute frustration is a dangerous emotion to run a world with." Our Post 9/11 World: A Ten-Year Retrospective A fictional account of how things could have turned out. Edward Cline Novelist Edward Cline presents a fictional scenario of what might have been, had the post-9/11 world had more determination to confront the sources of Islamist ideology. No Closure to the Traumatic Events of 9/11 Alex Alexiev It is easy to imagine 9/11 as a now distant, one-off event whose relevance to our present is fading away. It might be understandable, but it is a wrong and perilous temptation. Islam: Incessant and Relentless Vin Ienco EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced to New Yorkers, shortly after the 911 attacks, that "their air is safe to breathe". Now, thousands of people are ill. 9/11 - What a Difference a Decade Makes Shari Goodman Since 9/11 there have been over 17,000 Islamic terrorist attacks worldwide with over 30 attacks here at home. But now we appease others, rather than defend our values. The Best and Worst of Times: 9/11, Ten Years Later Dr. Robin McFee When your adversary demonstrates intent by action (murder) - well what more do you need to know? I mean seriously? Anarchy in Egypt: Whose Embassy is Next? Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The recent storming of Israel's embassy in Cairo, Egypt, described by Netanyahu as an "attack on the axis of peace," shows that the Muslim Brotherhood is getting stronger in Egypt. Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!