On September 11th, 2009, all Americans will commerate a national tragedy. This day marked a terrible day in American history, where thousands of Americans died due to "the forces of evil", as some commentaors may say. I know that all Americans will say in unsion "They hate us for our freedom, so we must hate them back. We will never forget the mass massacre that was committed on this fateful day. They may have defeated us that day, but we will prevail."
I am, of course, talking about
the Battle of Brandywine. Estimates of this vary, with lowest estimates being 300 American troops, and higher estimates being between 1,160 and 1,260. Americans lost this battle against British hegomonical control, which led to the capture of Pennsaylvia, the capital of the fledging American resistance. This was a deveasting blow, but America recovered from this battle and eventually defeated Britian years later.
But the scar of being defeated still live with America to this very day. Many Americans had great-great-great-grandparents who died on that day, and the horror stories where innocent American military troops getting murdered by "redcoats of tyranny" are constanly retold.
During the 1978 commeration of the Battle of Brandywine, one of the organizers of the event, Arthur Nobel, said this: "On this day, many Americans died to defend the social contract and democracy. Such a tragedy cannot be forgotten, because when it is forgotten, the ideals of democracy would be forgotten." Arthur Nobel is best known for spearheading the "Campaign Against British Tyranny", which called on Great Britain to apologize to the American people for the "crimes against democracy", like the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Battle of Brandywine. It has also called upon Great Britain to pay monetary reparations to the United States, "in order to help the healing process".
In 1981, during the Great London Protest, thousands of Americans arrived at Buckingham Palace on Sept. 11th, and chanted the words: "Justice, Justice, Justice." One of the keynote speakers said "When people die, we must commerate their deaths. This Battle has caused a stain in our nation's history, a stain that will not heal. But we must attempt to recover, we must continue to fight in their name against Great Britain. If we do not, then dictators all over the world can think that they can go out and suppress the forces of democracy, and that their children, and their children's childern, can go about their own business without any sort of impunity."
In 1985, a rift occured in the Campaign Against British Tyranny movement. The extermist Thomas Armstrong, descendant of the John Armstrong which fought in this battle, advocated for America to launch sanctions against Great Britain unlike Great Britian "give into the demands of justice". Arthur Nobel argued against extermism stating, "There is no need for sanctions. There are many democratic forces in England, who sympathize with our struggle. Sanctions will only harm these people. We must not fight injustice with injustice. We shall fight injustice with justice."
In 1998, the current head of the Campagin Against British Tyranny movement, Barker Thomas, said, "We were not given adeqaute compensation when America was granted independence. We deserved independence. That was our right. But the crimes and horrors that Great Britain done, from the quartering of troops to the terrible disaster at Brandywine, all these crimes must be held into account.
It is true that Great Britian is today working for democracy. It is our ally. But we cannot forgive and forget the horrors and violence it has done as part of an attempt to form an imperialist hegomony. Great Britain has committed crimes, and it must be held to account. If we do not...then we encourage others to commit these crimes. And we must not do such a thing."
You can already tell I am supportive of this Campaign Against British Tyranny. But that's because most Americans are. The demands for "liberty and justice for all" still rings in America today, and as long as there is "injustice", people will continue to struggle for "justice", no matter how long ago the crime was, no matter how bizzare the struggle is to outsiders. This is an important issue which must guide American foreign policy, no matter how many people call on Americans to focus on other problems such as economic collaspe, the rapidly aging population, and global warming.
Yes, this is satire. I gotten a little upset at some 9/11 poster adversting for some sort of commeration of that tragedy, forcing me to type this up. Don't, don't ask me why.
No, this movement does not exist.
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