[goldstategop]

We don't want to inflict pain on any one else, right? That's the attitude that brought us 9-11 in the first place. By not answering the bad guys when we could have cause we were all sooo touchy feely. And wound up having 3,000 dead on our hands. I quite frankly don't give a damn if they like or don't like a connection between 9-11 and the war on Iraq or not. What I do care is that we don't have another day like 9-11 ever again in this country and if that means riding roughshod over some survivors' politically correct sensibilities so be it. We're paying tribute to those who died in on that day by making this a safer world for the American people AND the rest of the planet.

[halfdome]

Many people feel that the proper response to terrorist acts is to go after the terrorists themselves, not declare war on a country and subject that country's citizens to the same horrific violence that we underwent. Our government says we should be prepared for more terrorist acts against us as a result of the war in Iraq. It will be interesting to see if the world's reaction to next act of terrorism against us is different than it was the last time.