--As the warm goo of guilt, fear and moral uncertainty starts to flow over our country and our leaders, spewed out by the usual sources*;

--As people are starting to be made to feel silly and uncomfortable again about wearing a flag pin or putting a flag on their house;

--As the annihilation of the Twin Towers slowly morphs in the media from an "act of war," to a "crime," then to a "tragedy," well on its way to becoming an "incident," and finally "an act of retribution against an imperial oppressor;"

--As the words "terrorist" and "Islamic extremist" are being deliberately wiped from the official media lexicon;

--As pictures of the tower explosions are erased from websites to be replaced by endless photos of peace marchers;

It might not be a bad idea to go back and look at what happened again. Peggy Noonan did a damn fine job of it.

And if that doesn't do it, maybe this will.

*exactly as I predicted