I get the memes and all that, but am I wrong in thinking it's a tad more complex? In any context, I can't help but regret such loss of life. As I think about it, though, I guess we wrought all manner of havoc in the Middle East, and we didn't spare civilians, so why should we expect any different. All the horrific things we did there... I see clearly why it happened. I just can't see myself supporting such an action. If they flew planes first into government buildings (which I know they tried) or military bases I could understand better. I just can't in good conscience support either what we did there or what happened here. I also won't say the US didn't deserve it; we totally did, but was actually doing it the correct move? How is it entirely different from going out and shooting random finance bros or billionaires. Sure they deserve it, sure it'll make us feel better, but I don't think it'd bring about real change. It's the argument against adventurism. And it helped fast-track surveillance fascism here, though I don't blame them for that, that was our own ghoul-ass politicians and scared people.
I guess this could be a common sentiment, and people just like memeing, which is all right, I suppose, so long as it doesn't get you in prison for making an ill-advised joke.
EDIT: I guess I still have some pacifist brainworms. I keep wanting our "good guys" not to use such violence, when comparably it is a drop in the bucket of the violence used against them. Also, of course, the responsibility for what happened to the US is lies within themselves. I do regret the loss of life, but I need to remember to keep in mind the many many many more lives lost due to US imperialism. Thanks for the replies!
Not that many people actually died from 9/11. It's less than 3000. And the vast majority of those <3000 are either finance ghouls or NYC/NJ proles (plus members of al Qaeda lol). This means that if you didn't live near NYC, 9/11 had no direct impact on your life whatsoever. I didn't know anyone irl who was affected by 9/11 because I'm not from NYC, my family is not from NYC, none of my neighbors are from NYC, none of my neighbor's direct families are from NYC, and so on.
But the post-9/11 climate meant that we're supposed to somehow care about these randos, many of them vampiric finance ghouls, and they used that emotional manipulation as a blank check to butcher millions in West Asia.
It's would be like if people kept on going "remember Katrina" and used the hurricane as an excuse to invade Mexico because Bush gave a speech about how hurricane Katrina was formed by a Mexican hurricane machine.