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? Are we capable of being driven to savagery? Are we capable of waging all-out war?

Perle: Yes, we’re capable of rage and the next terrorist act will produce it. September 11 produced it.

Oren: I’m more struck by the absence of rage.

Perle: Well, it was controlled, but believe me, the support for going after the Taliban and even for going after Iraq was very strong for that reason. The chattering classes don’t experience rage.

Stephens: There’s a story told about Bush’s visit to the World Trade Center, right after the attack.

He was chatting with some hard hats, and he looked at this one guy and said, "What can I do for you?"

And the man said, "Help the widows and orphans."

And Bush said, "No, what can I do for you?"

And the man said, "You go find whichever m--f-- did this and you kill him and his wife and his mother and his children and his dog and everyone who so much as served him a cup of coffee."

And Bush said, "You won’t be disappointed."

When Bush came to Atlanta a little while after the WTC, a friend of mine in the police dept. (you know who you are) asked him about this and GW assured him he was, "Going to do it right!".