Tension on 9/11

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/11/ground-zero-mosque-protests-911_n_713391.html

This past weekend was the 9th anniversary of 9/11. A day when our country was attacked by terrorist organizations who's goal was to plant fear and terror into our hearts and spirits. Nine years later our country still is feeling the effects of that day and in my opinion stronger than ever. The debate over the building of the Islamic community center in New York City close to ground zero has caused tension throughout the nation. This past Saturday there were protests and demonstrations against the mosque, as well as burnings of the Islamic religious text the Quran.

The issue to me is that we are not at war with the Islamic nation we are at war with terrorist groups. Terrorist groups such as al-Qaida who fuel and feed on racial and religious tension between our nation and the middle east. The burning of the Quran caused violent demonstrations in the middle east and put the lives of American soldiers at risk. President Obama's speech at the Pentagon touches upon this subject staying "We are not and never will be at war with Islam" but "with  al-Qaida, a sorry group of men who pervert religion." This statement is a truth that many Americans look past and forget. People that day shouldn't of been protesting. They should of been remembering the lives lost 9 years ago, and the devastation in the lives of people who lost their loved ones. We need to reboot our American spirit now more than ever and with a split in religion causing such issues, I don't see it happening very quickly.