Comments on: An anniversary to forget, and to remember http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Wed, 30 May 2012 09:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Terp Mole http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2898876 Terp Mole Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:26:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2898876 Today Iran still holds American hostages... for three months now;<blockquote><a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Swiss_ambassador_visits_US_detainees_in_Iran.html?siteSect=104&sid=11429957&ty=nd" rel="nofollow">Swiss ambassador visits US detainees in Iran</a></blockquote>Recall, this is what Iran does to their own female prisoners;<blockquote> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443842931&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull" rel="nofollow">Iranians rape women prior to their execution</a> "I could tell that the girls were more afraid of their 'wedding' night than of the execution that awaited them in the morning. And they would always fight back, so we would have to put sleeping pills in their food. By morning the girls would have an empty expression; it seemed like they were ready or wanted to die. "I remember hearing them cry and scream after [the rape] was over," he said. "I will never forget how this one girl clawed at her own face and neck with her finger nails afterwards. She had deep scratches all over her."</blockquote> Today Iran still holds American hostages… for three months now;
Swiss ambassador visits US detainees in Iran

Recall, this is what Iran does to their own female prisoners;

Iranians rape women prior to their execution

“I could tell that the girls were more afraid of their ‘wedding’ night than of the execution that awaited them in the morning. And they would always fight back, so we would have to put sleeping pills in their food. By morning the girls would have an empty expression; it seemed like they were ready or wanted to die.

“I remember hearing them cry and scream after [the rape] was over,” he said. “I will never forget how this one girl clawed at her own face and neck with her finger nails afterwards. She had deep scratches all over her.”

]]> By: Texyank http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2897756 Texyank Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:25:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2897756 "Peace Prize" for Jimmah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnLqoRtUAVg&feature=player_embedded “Peace Prize” for Jimmah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnLqoRtUAVg&feature=player_embedded

]]> By: AH_C http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2897608 AH_C Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:33:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2897608 <blockquote>bomb bomb bomb– bomb bomb iran… That was funny in 1979. petunia on November 2, 2009 at 1:39 PM</blockquote> Remember the "Ayatollah" spoof on "My Sharona"? That was a fave.

bomb bomb bomb– bomb bomb iran… That was funny in 1979.

petunia on November 2, 2009 at 1:39 PM

Remember the “Ayatollah” spoof on “My Sharona”? That was a fave.

]]> By: TugboatPhil http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2897560 TugboatPhil Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:15:38 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2897560 <blockquote>I’m not sure I’d pin this as the nadir. The USS Pueblo incident or the abandonment of Saigon are two incidents that are contenders. Not to mention the whole Blackhawk down debacle. highhopes on November 2, 2009 at 2:22 PM</blockquote> The difference I see is the second they came over the walls, Iran had invaded sovereign U.S. soil. We abandoned the Embassy in Saigon and the other incidents were attacks on military targets. However, they were also good examples of us being kicked in the face. I was a deck seaman on USS Jouett (CG-29) when the Embassy in Tehran was attacked. We were in Pusan, S. Korea because of their President having just been assasinated. I recall seeing the picture of the blindfolded Americans on the front page of Pacific Stars & Stripes. We were due to return to San Diego at the end of November. Right before Thanksgiving we were tasked to escort the carrier Kitty Hawk to the Arabian Sea. We were the only two ships on station for a week or so until 7th Fleet could bring in some others. We stayed on station for 78 days until the Nimitz and Midway battle groups could relieve us. This was back before email and such, so I had no idea as to why this had all happened until I got a letter from home explaining the deal with the Shah and Khomeini. We got back to San Diego around the first part of March.

I’m not sure I’d pin this as the nadir. The USS Pueblo incident or the abandonment of Saigon are two incidents that are contenders. Not to mention the whole Blackhawk down debacle.

highhopes on November 2, 2009 at 2:22 PM

The difference I see is the second they came over the walls, Iran had invaded sovereign U.S. soil. We abandoned the Embassy in Saigon and the other incidents were attacks on military targets. However, they were also good examples of us being kicked in the face.

I was a deck seaman on USS Jouett (CG-29) when the Embassy in Tehran was attacked. We were in Pusan, S. Korea because of their President having just been assasinated. I recall seeing the picture of the blindfolded Americans on the front page of Pacific Stars & Stripes.

We were due to return to San Diego at the end of November. Right before Thanksgiving we were tasked to escort the carrier Kitty Hawk to the Arabian Sea. We were the only two ships on station for a week or so until 7th Fleet could bring in some others. We stayed on station for 78 days until the Nimitz and Midway battle groups could relieve us.

This was back before email and such, so I had no idea as to why this had all happened until I got a letter from home explaining the deal with the Shah and Khomeini. We got back to San Diego around the first part of March.

]]> By: How’s That Muslim Outreach Working For You, Obama? http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2897285 How’s That Muslim Outreach Working For You, Obama? Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:02:47 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2897285 [...] Ed Morrissey notes that Bush II’s administration was the only time in the last 30 years when our enemies feared us and our real allies knew we had their back. Yes, we did teach the radical Islamists a lesson thirty years ago today, and every one of the 443 days that followed.  We taught them that the Carter administration would allow the US to get led by its nose rather than respond appropriately to an act of war.  Unfortunately, that lesson would get reinforced throughout the 1980s and 1990s by Republican and Democratic presidents, in Lebanon as well as in Aden, Tanzania, Kenya, Khobar Towers, and the World Trade Center in 1993.  Only after the 9/11 attacks did we try teaching them a different lesson, and now many want to fall back to the same approach that led to the lengthy string of terrorist attacks on the US and its assets around the world. [...] [...] Ed Morrissey notes that Bush II’s administration was the only time in the last 30 years when our enemies feared us and our real allies knew we had their back. Yes, we did teach the radical Islamists a lesson thirty years ago today, and every one of the 443 days that followed.  We taught them that the Carter administration would allow the US to get led by its nose rather than respond appropriately to an act of war.  Unfortunately, that lesson would get reinforced throughout the 1980s and 1990s by Republican and Democratic presidents, in Lebanon as well as in Aden, Tanzania, Kenya, Khobar Towers, and the World Trade Center in 1993.  Only after the 9/11 attacks did we try teaching them a different lesson, and now many want to fall back to the same approach that led to the lengthy string of terrorist attacks on the US and its assets around the world. [...]

]]> By: Alfresco http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2896649 Alfresco Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:58:18 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2896649 I don't remember much-politically speaking-when this happened. I do remember when my distant cousin Colonel Leland Holland returned from being held hostage to give a speech at the local high school. It was a very big deal for the rural area I grew up in. I don't even remember what he said, I was only 11. I do remember how awesome he looked in his cleanly pressed uniform and dizzying array of medals. Even at that age I could understand the ridiculousness of the most powerful country in the world putting up with a lengthy hostage situation in a 3rd world country. Let's all hope (or pray if you prefer) that we don't get attacked or taken hostage again. I don’t remember much-politically speaking-when this happened. I do remember when my distant cousin Colonel Leland Holland returned from being held hostage to give a speech at the local high school. It was a very big deal for the rural area I grew up in. I don’t even remember what he said, I was only 11. I do remember how awesome he looked in his cleanly pressed uniform and dizzying array of medals. Even at that age I could understand the ridiculousness of the most powerful country in the world putting up with a lengthy hostage situation in a 3rd world country. Let’s all hope (or pray if you prefer) that we don’t get attacked or taken hostage again.

]]> By: karenhasfreedom http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2896513 karenhasfreedom Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:30:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2896513 Canopfor, I, too, remember that debacle of a rescue mission. I mourned for the bravery of the dead that tried to do the right thing. I was SO ANGRY at Carter that those people were fried in a fire when that helicopter collided with the tanker or whatever happened. It was horrible. I also cried when the Canadians went public with how they bravely kept some of our people safe in their embassy for a few months until they successfully got them out of the country. This was done at grave danger to the Canadians. I think I remember they had to close the embassy once everyone got safely out of the country (fake passports, human smuggling taken to an art form). I grew up in Michigan, right next door to Canada and have always felt a real kinship for the Canadian country and the Canadian people. <blockquote>Years later the daughter of a high level Iranian official in the Shah’s government became my business partner. That era shaped her life as well. To escape oppression she and her siblings were smuggled out of Iran, never to see their family again. They ended up in spending their teen years in the US and became very successful here. Every American ought to have to listen to her give her perspective on the evil Iranian regime. And she disagrees mightily with that twit in Obama’s administration who says sharia law is good for women. flyfisher on November 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM </blockquote> This sounds like someone I would love to talk to or listen to. You ought to contact foxnews about her and get her interviewed on the 4th. Let her tell her story. That would be fabulous. Canopfor, I, too, remember that debacle of a rescue mission. I mourned for the bravery of the dead that tried to do the right thing. I was SO ANGRY at Carter that those people were fried in a fire when that helicopter collided with the tanker or whatever happened. It was horrible.

I also cried when the Canadians went public with how they bravely kept some of our people safe in their embassy for a few months until they successfully got them out of the country. This was done at grave danger to the Canadians. I think I remember they had to close the embassy once everyone got safely out of the country (fake passports, human smuggling taken to an art form).

I grew up in Michigan, right next door to Canada and have always felt a real kinship for the Canadian country and the Canadian people.

Years later the daughter of a high level Iranian official in the Shah’s government became my business partner. That era shaped her life as well. To escape oppression she and her siblings were smuggled out of Iran, never to see their family again. They ended up in spending their teen years in the US and became very successful here. Every American ought to have to listen to her give her perspective on the evil Iranian regime. And she disagrees mightily with that twit in Obama’s administration who says sharia law is good for women.

flyfisher on November 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM

This sounds like someone I would love to talk to or listen to. You ought to contact foxnews about her and get her interviewed on the 4th. Let her tell her story. That would be fabulous.

]]> By: canopfor http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2896367 canopfor Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:54:39 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2896367 I`m thankful that my fellow countrymen were able to help some Americans escape during that event! And remember,Carters planned rescue mission,was compromised, the Iranians knew the Americans were coming,and Carter knew they knew,plus a sand storm to complicate things further,and yet Carter still sent the rescue team to their deaths!! I`m thankful that my fellow countrymen were able to
help some Americans escape during that event!

And remember,Carters planned rescue mission,was compromised,
the Iranians knew the Americans were coming,and Carter knew
they knew,plus a sand storm to complicate things further,and
yet Carter still sent the rescue team to their deaths!!

]]> By: elduende http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2896323 elduende Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:41:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2896323 <blockquote>American prestige and credibility hit its nadir</blockquote> Actually that happened in November of last year when an incompetent criminal Marxist trojan horse and his media sycophants pulled off a coup de etat.

American prestige and credibility hit its nadir

Actually that happened in November of last year when an incompetent criminal Marxist trojan horse and his media sycophants pulled off a coup de etat.

]]> By: g2825m http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895751 g2825m Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895751 As I am sitting here in Iraq now, Americans forget that we still have the three liberal-loving hikers that were taken hostage a few months ago still sitting in Iran currently. Yes, they may be liberals but they are still Americans and not much is happening there by the One to get them released. Redux 2 As I am sitting here in Iraq now, Americans forget that we still have the three liberal-loving hikers that were taken hostage a few months ago still sitting in Iran currently. Yes, they may be liberals but they are still Americans and not much is happening there by the One to get them released. Redux 2

]]> By: Dale Wyckoff http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895416 Dale Wyckoff Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:01 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895416 I've long held that the Global War on Terror amounts to stitching the festering wounds of the Carter years. Reagan had bigger fish to fry, and Clinton had smellier fish to sniff. So if fell to Bush. My biggest fear is that Obama represents Carter II. I’ve long held that the Global War on Terror amounts to stitching the festering wounds of the Carter years. Reagan had bigger fish to fry, and Clinton had smellier fish to sniff. So if fell to Bush. My biggest fear is that Obama represents Carter II.

]]> By: Laura in Maryland http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895397 Laura in Maryland Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:42:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895397 The difference between Carter and Obama: change malaise to malice and I think you've got it. The difference between Carter and Obama:

change malaise to malice and I think you’ve got it.

]]> By: Dark-Star http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895378 Dark-Star Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:39:22 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895378 What's sickening is that we were the ones who created this Frankenstein in the first place...CIA-assisted coups to ensure pro-western leaders in Iran (while initially successful) blew up in our face in the long term, at the worst possible time. And who can blame them? I'd want the same thing to happen if China or Russia tried installing a puppet President. Never forget about the possible consequences of cloak-and-dagger operations. Always remember that our military ultimately answers to a bunch of blundering bureaucrats. What’s sickening is that we were the ones who created this Frankenstein in the first place…CIA-assisted coups to ensure pro-western leaders in Iran (while initially successful) blew up in our face in the long term, at the worst possible time. And who can blame them? I’d want the same thing to happen if China or Russia tried installing a puppet President.

Never forget about the possible consequences of cloak-and-dagger operations.

Always remember that our military ultimately answers to a bunch of blundering bureaucrats.

]]> By: Lily http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895359 Lily Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:35:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895359 <blockquote>I remember the whole debacle clearly. We had just found out I was pregnant with our first child, and I was afraid that the draft would be used and my husband called up if things escalated to war. Then the frustration of watching Jimmah sitting with his thumbs up his nether ends, doing nothing. Mommynator on November 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM </blockquote> Wow...me too. I was expecting our first baby and I was so sure that there would be a horrible war with the draft and everything. Then the longer the crisis went on and nothing was done, the more hopeless things seemed to be. My baby is now grown up, in the Air Force, and on his way to somewhere in Africa to catch some bad guys. He has a wife and kids to worry about. And we have another president who dithers around. The more things change the more they stay the same I guess. But I sure hope all our people can stay safe wherever they are.

I remember the whole debacle clearly. We had just found out I was pregnant with our first child, and I was afraid that the draft would be used and my husband called up if things escalated to war. Then the frustration of watching Jimmah sitting with his thumbs up his nether ends, doing nothing.

Mommynator on November 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM

Wow…me too. I was expecting our first baby and I was so sure that there would be a horrible war with the draft and everything. Then the longer the crisis went on and nothing was done, the more hopeless things seemed to be.

My baby is now grown up, in the Air Force, and on his way to somewhere in Africa to catch some bad guys. He has a wife and kids to worry about. And we have another president who dithers around.

The more things change the more they stay the same I guess. But I sure hope all our people can stay safe wherever they are.

]]> By: rockmom http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895345 rockmom Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:42 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895345 Well, it looks like the New York Times may have repeated the whole scenario by paying ransom to the Taliban for its reporter David Rohde. I expect it is only a matter of time before we see some more higher-level kidnappings and ransom attempts made. It does seem to be a winning strategy for the Islamists, at least while there are Democratic presidents of the U.S. Well, it looks like the New York Times may have repeated the whole scenario by paying ransom to the Taliban for its reporter David Rohde. I expect it is only a matter of time before we see some more higher-level kidnappings and ransom attempts made. It does seem to be a winning strategy for the Islamists, at least while there are Democratic presidents of the U.S.

]]> By: ace tomato http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895278 ace tomato Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:16:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895278 The Iranian hostage crisis was one of the first political memories I have of where I understood everything that was going on - except why the US wasn't doing anything about it. That time for me - the gas rationing - the terrorists - it conjures up one solid image - Jimmy Carter. We already know how the story of a weak US President appeasing Islamic Theocratic Extremists turns out. Why are we trying to make the sequel? The Iranian hostage crisis was one of the first political memories I have of where I understood everything that was going on – except why the US wasn’t doing anything about it.

That time for me – the gas rationing – the terrorists – it conjures up one solid image – Jimmy Carter.

We already know how the story of a weak US President appeasing Islamic Theocratic Extremists turns out. Why are we trying to make the sequel?

]]> By: ace tomato http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895268 ace tomato Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:14:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895268 http://blogplatoon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/ahmadinejad79.jpg" http://blogplatoon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/ahmadinejad79.jpg“

]]> By: Tuning Spork http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895249 Tuning Spork Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895249 Ed, You do know that today is November 2nd, right? The embassy and hostages were taken on the 4th -- exactly one year before election day 1980. Ed,

You do know that today is November 2nd, right? The embassy and hostages were taken on the 4th — exactly one year before election day 1980.

]]> By: redshirt http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895246 redshirt Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:08:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895246 Ed, it's November 4th, not the 2nd. Ed, it’s November 4th, not the 2nd.

]]> By: GarandFan http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895214 GarandFan Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:01:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895214 But..but.but.. Barry believes in "smart diplomacy", and the fact that we (the US) are ALWAYS WRONG. But..but.but.. Barry believes in “smart diplomacy”, and the fact that we (the US) are ALWAYS WRONG.

]]> By: BL@KBIRD http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895209 BL@KBIRD Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895209 Funny what oil does to people, their self respect and sense of what is right. Funny what oil does to people, their self respect and sense of what is right.

]]> By: publiuspen http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895200 publiuspen Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895200 Just a kid at the time, I remember praying. Now, too. Just a kid at the time, I remember praying. Now, too.

]]> By: flyfisher http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895197 flyfisher Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:57:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895197 <blockquote>I remember it all to well. I was just a kid. My cousin was one of the hostages. We had the local news at our house all the time and whenever my aunt and uncle we on tv our school would stop classes so we could watch. It was a really big deal when he was released. rushbabe on November 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM</blockquote> Oh wow. For you it was more than a news story. Years later the daughter of a high level Iranian official in the Shah's government became my business partner. That era shaped her life as well. To escape oppression she and her siblings were smuggled out of Iran, never to see their family again. They ended up in spending their teen years in the US and became very successful here. Every American ought to have to listen to her give her perspective on the evil Iranian regime. And she disagrees mightily with that twit in Obama's administration who says sharia law is good for women.

I remember it all to well. I was just a kid. My cousin was one of the hostages. We had the local news at our house all the time and whenever my aunt and uncle we on tv our school would stop classes so we could watch. It was a really big deal when he was released.

rushbabe on November 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM

Oh wow. For you it was more than a news story.

Years later the daughter of a high level Iranian official in the Shah’s government became my business partner. That era shaped her life as well. To escape oppression she and her siblings were smuggled out of Iran, never to see their family again. They ended up in spending their teen years in the US and became very successful here. Every American ought to have to listen to her give her perspective on the evil Iranian regime. And she disagrees mightily with that twit in Obama’s administration who says sharia law is good for women.

]]> By: Akzed http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895193 Akzed Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:55:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895193 <strong>In the NEVER FORGET category, only slightly OT:</strong> New York authorities are investigating a small fire at the temporary home for the remains of thousands of World Trade Center victims. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the smoldering fire in a section of the facility's chapel appeared to have been set intentionally. Firefighters got a call at about 9 a.m. Saturday to respond to Memorial Park, a weatherproof tent on Manhattan's East Side where the city is storing the remains of 9/11 victims who have yet to be identified. The fire damaged a wooden bench and mementos honoring the dead. The remains were not damaged. The mayor says anyone who would do such a thing "is craven and contemptible.'' Fire marshals and police are <a href="http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2009/11/02/104994.htm" rel="nofollow">investigating</a>. In the NEVER FORGET category, only slightly OT:

New York authorities are investigating a small fire at the temporary home for the remains of thousands of World Trade Center victims.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the smoldering fire in a section of the facility’s chapel appeared to have been set intentionally.

Firefighters got a call at about 9 a.m. Saturday to respond to Memorial Park, a weatherproof tent on Manhattan’s East Side where the city is storing the remains of 9/11 victims who have yet to be identified.

The fire damaged a wooden bench and mementos honoring the dead. The remains were not damaged.

The mayor says anyone who would do such a thing “is craven and contemptible.”

Fire marshals and police are investigating.

]]> By: Schadenfreude http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/02/an-anniversary-to-forget-and-to-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-2895174 Schadenfreude Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:51:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=71070#comment-2895174 <blockquote>If we forget it, we’ll be doomed to repeat it.</blockquote> Obama will surpass Carter, manyfold.

If we forget it, we’ll be doomed to repeat it.

Obama will surpass Carter, manyfold.

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