[Howlin]

If they don't pose a threat, why is Ashcroft having a news conference today to warn about big-time terrorism this summer?

Because we, unlike you, believe in fighting for this country, rather than lying down and letting them win, which is your choice.

[churchillbuff]

If they don't pose a threat, why is Ashcroft having a news conference today to warn about big-time terrorism this summer?

Maybe it's because Al Quade is alive and kicking (and energized by all the mess in Iraq)

[broadsword]

Amen to that.

If the seventh-century savages are mutiplying at a fast rate, then we need to kill them at an even faster rate. Simple mathematics.

'nuff said.