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| Fateful day |
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THE horrific
memories of September 11 are seared indelibly on
the hearts and minds of the
world.
No one will ever forget
where they were at the 46th minute of the 8th hour
of the 11th day, when the first jet tore into the
World Trade Center.
Nor will we ever forget
the 2,999 innocent people who died that day in New
York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Today
the civilised world unites in an act of
remembrance that spans the globe.
It is a
time to mourn and a time to give thanks for all
the lives so cruelly snatched
away.
Fathers, mothers, sons, daughters,
husbands, wives...
We shall remember
them.
Firefighters, police officers,
rescue workers, pilots, passengers, heroes
all...
We shall remember
them.
But most of all we shall
remember September 11 as the day the world
changed, the day it united in a war on
terrorism.
Today at 1.46pm, the moment the
first jet struck the first tower, Britain will
observe a minute’s silence.
It is but a
brief moment in the history of the world but its
importance will echo through
time.
It is a silence not just of
grief — but of steely determination that we will
never let the terrorists win.
Blair’s
right
HE could hardly have faced a more
hostile audience.
But the force
and reason of the Prime Minister’s argument held
sway at the TUC.
Tony Blair told why Saddam
Hussein must be dealt with:
‘‘I don’t want it
on my conscience that we knew the threat, saw it
coming, but did nothing.’’
All the
wobblers and the doubters should remember those
words.
Blair is right when he says
that to let Saddam obtain new deadly weapons, or
use the ones he already has, would be an act of
gross irresponsibility.
Worse, it
would be suicide.
Blair has set
his critics’ minds at rest: Parliament will debate
Iraq fully before any military action is taken,
and the United Nations will be the route America
and Britain take first.
But the U.N. must
be the way to resolve the Iraqi threat, not avoid
it, the PM made clear.
Military action will
be the last resort, said Blair — but Saddam should
not doubt that it will come if there is no other
way.
Blair’s stature as a world leader
grows every day.
We trust his
judgment and put our faith in him.
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