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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

I first heard that verse of the Star Spangled Banner after Sir SuziQ and I had married and moved to FL. You remember how TV stations would sign off at night with that song? On the local PBS station in Tallahassee, the signoff was two women, one playing guitar, who sang that last verse. They broke into harmony on the phrase above, and it was one of the loveliest renditions of our National Anthem that I have ever heard! It still makes me fahklempt to hear it today!

I believe our cause is just, though much of the world does not agree. Too bad for them, but we ARE filled with righteous anger which will turn into cold rage as the time goes on and we continue to be threatened. We do need to remember always to ask God to Bless our nation, though, and we need to act in a manner that would serve HIM. That doesn't mean we don't need to exact justice on those who supported and supplied the perpetrators of 9/11, it just means we need to identify and make sure who it is we need to target. I frankly think Saddam is knee-deep in it, so I have no problem with Pres. Bush going after him. Saddam will continue to be a menace to ALL his neighbors as long as he lives.