>>>>>>Never forget. We lost our innocence that day.
>>>>>
>>>>>Correction: We lost some of our freedom because of that day.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin
>>>>
>>>>We are simpatico but I do not accept correction on this topic.
>>>
>>>
>>>Sorry, Mike, I wasn't trying to provoke.
>>>
>>>I just don't think our innocence was lost on 9/11 when ~3,000 people lost their lives, tragic as it was.
>>>
>>>Lives Lost by War:
>>>American Civil War 625,000
>>>World War II 405,399
>>>World War I 116,516
>>>Vietnam War 58,209
>>>Korean War 36,516
>>>... and more
>>
>>I 99% agree with you, but 9/11 was AFAIK the first major loss of lives on American soil due to "foreign" combatants. I don't think the Aleutians in WWII "count" for most Americans and IAC that was a declared war.
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>>I think "loss of innocence" has a poetic ring but doesn't accurately describe the aftermath.
>
>Maybe the War of 1812?
>The Alamo?

Maybe it was the unexpectedness of 9/11. The War of 1812 was declared, don't know offhand about the situation with Mexico around the time of the Alamo.

>I like Mike's phrase.