https://redstate.com/aglanon/2011/05/04/visual-confirmation-denied-obama-decides-against-releasing-bin-laden-photos/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 23:56:36 -0400<![CDATA[These last few days have created feelings that many of us had forgotten in the 9+ years since the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks. I can&#8217;t speak for everyone, but in the winter of 2001 after the feelings of horror and anger subsided, a feeling of pride, unity, and commonality overwhelmed me for months. I was the least partisan I&#8217;d ever been in my life. For a while, I would think to myself, &#8220;Hey self, the Democrats may be bumbling idiots that want to create a socialist utopia, but they&#8217;re our bumbling idiots that want to create a socialist utopia.&#8221; Unity was on the tips of everyone&#8217;s tongues as national pride blanketed the country. Interestingly, those months following September 11th, the Bush administration made the wise choice to not squander and diminish that unity.]]>Wed, 04 May 2011 16:09:26 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Howe]]>https://redstate.com/aglanon/2011/05/04/visual-confirmation-denied-obama-decides-against-releasing-bin-laden-photos-n38888