March 11, 2005, 10:45 a.m.What Are We Afraid Of?3.5 years later, what?s happening at the World Trade Center site? Nothing.Friday, March 11 marks three and a half years since September 11. In the 42 months since Islamo-fascists attacked the U.S.A, plenty has transpired. America and its allies cleansed Afghanistan of the pro-terrorist Taliban. A U.S.-led coalition of 46 nations liberated terrorist-coddling Baathist Iraq. Libya ditched its atomic dreams. Competitive elections have exploded across the Middle East ? from Afghanistan, to Gaza, to Iraq, to Saudi Arabia, and soon, Lebanon, and Egypt. And the once-smoldering Pentagon now appears unscathed.But in Lower Manhattan ? where Muslim fanatics triggered this chain of events ? little has changed. In lieu of the mighty Twin Towers, a cold, gray hole scars Gotham?s skyline. This is a national disgrace.Developer Larry Silverstein, who purchased the World Trade Center on July 24, 2001, has substituted the collapsed 7 WTC with an attractive, 52-story building. The adjacent Twin Towers site ? leased to Silverstein, but controlled by New York?s hapless Republican governor, George Elmer Pataki ? has gone nowhere.The Freedom Tower, museum builder Daniel Libeskind?s first skyscraper, is virtually paralyzed by financial, engineering, and ethics headaches.The Freedom Tower has no signed tenants. Sales may lag because companies are unimpressed with a 70-floor building where the 110-story Twin Towers stood. This veritably trembling ?Fear Tower? concedes our enemies? claims that the WTC affronted Allah.While insurance awards could leave Silverstein up to $4.6 billion, he remains at least $2.4 billion short of the WTC?s estimated $7 billion redevelopment cost. Subtract Silverstein?s $10 million monthly lease payments, huge legal bills, and more, and he may have even less for construction.The Freedom Tower?s spire is Libeskind?s abstract salute to Lady Liberty?s torch. Supervising architect David Childs kept it, even as he brightened...

WORLD trade centre, attacked the USA.Since when was the US the world?

Is World Trade Center Replacement A Fiasco?

Mar 12, 2005 22 Replies

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x 21 years ago

Since Bush & co. are re-drafting folks who retired from the military 30 years ago, maybe Bush should get off his ass and actually fulfill his NG commitment in Iraq. Front lines. And keep him there indefinitely, like he's doing to current draftees.

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The Rebar Guy 21 years ago

Maybe we should, as well, have mandatory military service for all men, women, and children, regardless of age, race, creed, mental capacity, sexual orientation, or national origin.....

:-)

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Roger 21 years ago

He did during his campaign.

Isn't that why he was in Alabama?

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