[sarasmom]

As one dares go?
ROTFLMAO!
The "trigger" got pulled on 91101.
GWB masterfully threaded his (our) responce through the proverbial eye of the needle.
I am a cold war veteran.
GWB has just barely enough "gravitas" for me, and "my kind" to allow our collective blood pressure ratings to reach almost critical mass, before he acted decisively.
God bless him, history will show he staved off the full scale, thermo nuclear war, based solely on the majority of semi-rational citizens having doubts that the time was not yet,and the trust that he would unleash hell when the timing was right.
Dont sleep peacefully tonight.
I am not even close to being close to being "placated" or "appeased".

[Destro]

Your "response" avoids answering the author's questions.

They are hard to answer unless you ponder them thoughtfully.

The dog turned and bit the hand that fed it.