A View From the Ground

September 11 has been commodified, interpreted, and cited to support going to war, fearing and blaming immigrants, jingoistic “America First” rhetoric. It has been buried in the history which followed it. We bombed Kabul 21 years ago in the name of 9/11. And today we cringe and grieve as suicide bombs go off in Kabul, and bombs burst on civilians in Ukraine. But for me the true feelings of that day are not buried or papered over, but are as vivid and searing as ever.