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 1.) United 93: Where is the Outrage?

    By Jan Markell

    I was nothing short of stunned to learn from a Gallup Poll that only 6% of Americans consider more terror on our shores to be a significant concern. Interesting considering the poll came out about the same time the new, gripping film, "United 93" was released and the Zacarius Moussaoui trial culmination.

    So, since a majority of Americans shrug off the horrors of 9/11, the new film has NOT come out too soon as the critics say. It is long overdue. It's no cheap disaster movie; rather, a brilliant recreation of United Flight 93 when the passengers realized they had been taken over by terrorists. With the cue from Todd Beamer, "Let's roll," the passengers stopped the plane from its intended target--the U.S. Capitol--and allowed it to crash in a Pennsylvania field. They may be some of America's greatest heroes, though some, including the pilots and a flight attendant, had no role because they had been brutally killed.

    Response to the film by those who love America say it should be mandatory viewing for all Americans. The Left would have us downplay it because some of them--but certainly not all--seem to have sympathy for the devil, evidenced also in the Moussaoui verdict. They would rather you rent the DVD "Brokeback Mountain" and be entertained by perversion than view "United 93" and be encouraged by American bravery.

    As folks filed out of the theatre I was in, there was dead silence. What can one say except that the evil-doers awakened a sleeping giant as with Pearl Harbor in 1941? This was the first successful counterattack on America's shores in this war on terror. I suspect the terrorists on board and parts of the Muslim world were shocked that they had the reaction on United 93 that they did.

    But paraphrasing many when asked about the film, some said, "I have no desire to see it." "I go to movies to escape reality--not to be made uncomfortable. This film moves me out of my comfort zone." Well, not nearly as much as the comfort zone of the forty who died on United 93.

    I agree with Todd Beamer's father who said, "This is one of the most important events in America's history. It is an accurate account of our first counterattack in this war."

    So has it come out too soon? Are the wounds in our minds and hearts still too sensitive? I ask, did anyone in 1946, five years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, ask whether Americans were prepared to see a film about that attack? Or is this a different generation, more politically correct, focusing on tolerance and diversity?

    Today many want us to believe that our enemies can be negotiated with. We need to "give peace a chance," and say with Rodney King, "Can't we all get along?" No. The Muslim jihadists are a greater danger to the planet that Hitler or Communism. Followers of those leaders loved life. The new enemy loves death, martyrdom, and looks for great rewards in paradise.

    This film particularly needs to be seen by anyone who questions why our government responded the way it did when 3,000 innocent Americans were killed on 9/11. But don't expect them to be standing in line with you. The passengers on United 93 did not have the "see no evil, speak no evil" mentality so prevalent today. All they could think about was sparing America a fourth plane crashing into another symbol of America. They simply would not submit to the will of the Islamists.

    I believe you will leave the theatre with an entirely new perspective on WWIII. It's time for a reality check. Reality isn't always a party though believers can be comforted that sorrow and sighing will some day come to an end. But I thought of the families of the the United 93 victims. Almost without exception, they were grateful for the film which was recreated by cell phone calls and other messages to those on the ground. They were proud of their loved ones, proud of America, fully supportive of whatever we have to do in the war on terror.

    Everyone over 15 should see "United 93." It would send a message to Hollywood to portray other angles of the events of 9/11. The film should release outrage against the jihadists, though many Americans remain stuck in apathy, having short memories. Not all, thankfully. But after seeing the film, I have to ask, "Where is the outrage?" Well into 2006, things do not look good for peace and safety but it signals that our Lord's return is nearer than we think.

    If you did not view the the moving film and memorial to the heroes of 9/11 the last time I invited you to do so, then visit this link http://www.olivetreeviews.org/topics/terrorism_us.shtml to view it. It will make you proud to be an American. I am not trying to "overkill" this issue; rather, counter the Left who would have us forget.

Awaiting His return,
Jan Markell