as president Joe Biden A field at New York City’s Ground Zero, Pennsylvania, and led mourners with stops in pentagon, sites where four hijacked planes armed by terrorists killed 3,000 people, a sense of regret, discrimination and futility about the wrongs of the war was evident, especially in light of Taliban Return to power in Afghanistan.
The US President did not comment on Ground Zero, but in a six-minute video message released earlier white HouseIn this article, he reflected on how terrorist attacks shaped America, saying it spoke of a “true sense of national unity”, as well as fear and discrimination against Muslims as “a part of human nature”. also exposes the “deeper forces”.
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“For me, that is the central message of September 11. It is that at our weakest, what makes us human and in the fight for America’s soul, unity is our greatest strength. Unity doesn’t mean we have to believe in the same thing, but we should have a fundamental respect and trust in each other and in this country,” Biden said.
Biden was accompanied by the First Lady jill biden, former Presidents of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, and former First Lady Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. President Bush joined them in Pennsylvania.
As usual, the names of about 3000 people were read out, including at least 50 Indians or people of Indian origin killed in the attack.
Ironically, it was the man who was at the helm of the White House on 9/11 who questioned whether unity prevailed. In his speech, Bush said, “In the weeks and months following the 9/11 attacks, I was proud to lead a wonderful, resilient, united people. When it comes to America’s unity, those days are far from us. seem.” chance.
The former president also led the acknowledgment in liberal and liberal circles that the threat of terrorism is not limited to any one religion or race or ethnicity or country. He denounced “violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home”, saying they are “children of the same evil spirit.”
“Malicious forces at work in our ordinary lives turn every disagreement into an argument and every argument into a clash of cultures. So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment,” he said. said. To be an indirect reference to Donald trump And the politics he did.
The 20th anniversary commemoration came against a backdrop of significant events in Afghanistan with an endless pandemic, domestic political turmoil and an irreversible Taliban return to power, which secured the terrorist masterminds who planned and executed the 9/11 attacks. shelter was provided. .
While all former presidents appeared to be on the same page and with the incumbent at the commemoration, Trump has cut the path to memorials, criticizing Biden for the Afghanistan fiasco (which he initiated).
“We will survive, but sadly our country will be injured for a long time, we will struggle to overcome the embarrassment caused by this incompetence,” he said.
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