Gatestone Institute : This year, however, there was a small but #significant change in the mise-en-scène of the annual event, as #families of #victims reportedly planned to shun #Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who does not endorse the generally accepted narrative of what was the biggest #terror #attack in #history.

In other words, a tragedy that initially brought all #Americans together in #anger and grief may now forge into another fissure along partisan lines, at least in #NewYork.

Reflecting on that issue, I decided to re-read the 570 pages of the 9/11 Commission Report and to my surprise, I found that even then partisan divisions had prevented a proper understanding of the tragedy and the lessons to be drawn from the start.

Reading “The Report” was like going through a French nouveau roman. It starts with the promise of uncovering an ingenious plot, but offers nothing but reheated platitudes served with a pseudo-philosophical garnish. The reader ends up asking, “where’s the beef?