Current crisis just as daunting as 9/11 - East Valley Tribune:
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9, 2011 1:45 pm | Updated: 11:02 pm, Fri Sep 9, 2011.  Here we
are, 10 years removed from 9/11. But where are we?  It's a
question we should ponder.  Ten years ago after the most
horrific attack on our homeland, Americans united. We were not
going to cower; we would not give in to the barbaric terrorism.
And for a few months, anyhow, we were not Democrats or
Republicans. We were just Americans.  Not surprising, really.
Not when you think about it. Attacks on our country have a way
of unifying us.  But that unity was a chimera, an illusion. Just
a year or so later, we were back to the partisan behavior that
colors our political lives - a behavior that has only become
worse over the intervening time.  To the point that now we
seemingly can't find common ground on anything. And I fear what
that means to our country.  Because