{I 'news-googled' "Paul Krugman's" recent 'nyt, 9-11, op-ed'; And this came up. On, one of the numerous Web-links}.
 
 
Not just 9/11 Day; But everything connected to it, was constructed to deliver and implant, a very politicized message, over-and-over. Consider this email I received from a friend in South Florida after he attended an NFL football game last night in Miami:
 
Let me describe the patriotic display at last night's NFL opener. Men with machine guns at all entrances, to scare off the terrorists. Pat down on the way in, to make sure [my wife] and I weren't carrying plastic explosives. A moving national anthem with troops out on the field spelling out U.S.A. A moving tribute to the thousands who perished in 9/11 and to our nation's brave response to that atrocity.. {which was, of course; The worst thing that ever happened in the history of the world}. A U.S.A., U.S.A. chant. Then a Stealth B2 Bomber flew over the stadium, followed by fireworks. At half time, a US Army paratrooper squad jumped out of a plane and landed on the field. Maybe next week they'll shoot some missiles from unmanned drones.
 
Does anyone want to claim with a straight face that these ceremonies are apolitical, devoid of political messaging? Everything about 9/11 -- how it's talked about, how it's described, how it's commemorated -- is all designed to impart very specific political messages, and that's been true since the day it happened.