Never forget the associated things

Jay Kirell is a veteran of the Afghanistan war. In a Twitter thread, he has a few things to say about the event of which today is the anniversary.

The attacks 17 years ago are the only traumatic event I can think of that people constantly urge others to remember.

Why are we urged to remember the event and not some of the things associated with it?

We’re still in the war that sprung from those attacks with no end in sight. We never question why we’re still there.

Never forget the only thing we were asked to do is go shopping.

Never forget we never asked the wealthiest to fund the wars – we gave them a tax cut instead.

Never forget that thousands in Iraq & Afghanistan who had nothing to do with that day were killed.

Never forget the damage caused trying to fix the world while giving the least amount of thought and effort.