Very rarely does a movie come along that so accurately depicts the cataclysmic struggles of our time or those of the past. Movies like "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler’s List" are notable exceptions, today, however, is another exception…This week “United 93” opens in theaters around the country. The movie depicts the final moments of that ill-fated flight on September 11, 2001 and the heroic efforts of the passengers, who upon learning of other terror attacks that day, vowed not to allow the murdering savages who took control of their plane to strike another target.

Those passengers succeeded in that goal, though they paid with their lives, making the passengers of United 93 actual martyrs, unlike the terrorists who were simply murderers, who died for nothing. No matter how difficult it may be to watch, no matter how troubling or sad it may make you feel, every American should see this film. Schools should have field trips to local theaters to witness the harrowing struggle of these valiant men and women, but perhaps the most important reason for watching this film is to remind each and every American what we are fighting for.

We are fighting for our homes, our communities, or businesses and the families we want to go home to. We are fighting for freedom, freedom to worship as we please, freedom to speak, freedom to do nothing if it pleases us and we are fighting against freedom’s oldest enemy (to borrow from Frank Capra): the passion of the few to rule the many. If we lose this fight as some appear determined to do either through complacency, indifference or treason, we will most certainly lose everything.

For too many Americans the war on terror has been forgotten…rest assured our enemies have not forgotten, each and everyday they plot and plan means to execute their vile and murderous credo: submit, convert or die. Each and every day around the world we see the consequences of inaction, we see the price of complacency and we also see how murderously efficient the purveyors of hate and terror can be, whether its in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya, Indonesia, Russia, Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Argentina, the United States, the Philippines or countless other nations where radical Islam has reared its ugly head.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/28/ew.mov.93/index.html