Are we forgetting 9/11?

Yes, there are ceremonies around the nation commemorating the significance of this day, but these ceremonies seem a bit hollow.

Like anyone else, I remember exactly where I was, and what I did that morning. I'll never forget the feeling of shock at what had happened to our great nation. Since then, things have only gotten worse...in far too many regards.

This nation has been lead in the wrong direction by its leader.
After 9/11 we (the U.S.) first entered Afghanistan and were unsuccessful in finding the main culprit of the 9/11 attacks: Osama Bin Laden.
We then entered Iraq because it was said by our leader that Saddam Hussein was as big a threat to the U.S. as Osama Bin Laden (which couldn't have been further from the truth).
As a country that prides itself on human rights, we trampled them as with what occurred in Abu Ghraib and continues to happen in Guantanamo Bay.
Shadiness in government contracts ensued and have continued with regard to oil companies that have links to those in our Administration.
Profit and political gain was made from 9/11 for this administration.
And since then, Iraq has been our focus.

What happened to our manhunt of the main culprit behind the 9/11 attacks?
When was the last time we heard our President even mention the progress (or lack thereof) of the search for the person behind the organization that masterminded an attack on U.S. soil that killed thousands of people?

It it purely the President's fault? Absolutely not.
The media and pundits have allowed the news and topics to be dictated to them.
The general public is more demanding today about putting a stop to dogfighting than they are demanding our leaders find Osama Bin Laden.
The presidential candidates have MAYBE mentioned Bin Laden in passing in their campaigns.

We have become afraid to question anything with regard to 9/11 or the war in Iraq out of fear of being labeled weak, unpatriotic, or unsupportive of our troops....because that's the way its been spun.

Justice for the lives of those who died in the 9/11 attacks (in the twin towers, the Pentagon, the passengers on the airplanes, first responders) has seemingly been forgotten. Until justice is served, the significance of 9/11 has not been given its proper respect.

In the words of Zack de la Rocha, we need to "Wake Up!"