[dodger]

Sorry, a bit too schmaltzy for my tastes at this juncture ...

[DSHambone]

I bet GB spent alot of his time in school avoiding bullies! If his Dad was man enough to face evil with a bullet, what happened to GB's generation?

Hey GB - those aren't Indians or Persians or Afganis in your office and neighborhood - they are Americans - and I hope to God (who is not the same as man) that Americans do not run from this fight.

May the President define the War and time of battle, but fight and kill we must to stay free.

[eaglesiniowa]

I notice GB in California offers no solutions as to how he should be protected. Just give peace a chance, but protect me. Don't hurt the bad guys, just protect me. Oh yeah, just put better men than him between him and the bad guys, but just protect me. Get real GB, get some testicles and get into the real world. As for me, I'm calling the Army tomorrow and see if they will revoke my retirement.

[isthisnickcool]

Do you really think that if the President of The United States read this he would learn something? That he would say "gee, GB has come up with all sorts of points I just did not grasp before".

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

I have been in a committed and loving relationship myself for 21 years.

Is it me or is this an odd sentence?

[neutrino]

Dear Mr. President:

Terrorists have murdered thousands of American men, women, and children. They aspire to murder more - perhaps millions more. We must excise the terrorist menace as we would remove a cancerous tumor from the body - for the cancer of terrorism will ultimately kill our nation if left untreated.

Your course will not be easy. Many will call for peace in a misguided belief that the enemies of this nation can be placated. They cannot. You must resist these calls, for such an interim peace will lead the terrorists to conclude that the Americans are but sheep, fit only for the slaughter. That there is no consequence to murdering those sheep. That they may do so with impunity.

The eyes of our ancestors are upon us this day. And the judgement of history awaits. Fight, Mr. President, fight for America. And we'll stand beside you to achieve victory!

Most respectfully yours,

Neutrino

Never Forget!

Never Forgive!

Neutrino

[wakeup2]

I value your opinion. I am an arab american. although I have not seen any harrassment I can notice the weird looks. What bothers me the most is how easy the American people fall victims to the media and how the media was very successful in charging the public against the Muslims. I think that the Muslims are being framed in this incident. I just found out that the list of names of hijackers are either dead people who died long time ago or people with arabic names who lost their passports a few years ago. Many of the stories told by the media are not coherent. Followers of the Muslim faith are not supposed to visit night clubs as was reported nor are they supposed to have girl friends of wedlock as was also reported about one of the guys on the list who lived in Germany. Something is not clicking here.

[vannrox]

When I was a teenager I was picked on by many of the other children. It was really hard for me. Many nights I cried and in general, with out dwelling on it, It was very uncomfortable. In short, for five to eight years I was picked on repeatably.

Mostly it was done in ways that was not evident to my parents. Hurtful names and little tricks that got worse and worse. Initially I would try to tell the teachers and my parents, and for the most part, they just ignored my requests.

When I entered tenth grade I started to lift weights, and after a few months become excessively strong. But I still kept to my self and minded my own business. And you know, the other kids still picked on me.

But one day, and I remember it clearly, two of the kids that decided to pick on me went alittle too far. I grabbed his arm and twisted it around his back and applied every ounce of strength to it. Did he hollar and scream! Tears ran down his face. I kept up with it too. The inital teacher in the room asked me to stop, and I said, "No, if I do he'll still pick on me. I have had enough!". Another teacher came, and a bunch of other kids stopped by and soon there was a big croud.

But still I held him in this strong iron grip. With my two hands I was holding him above the floor, and he screamed while he was suspended there. Finally, I got him to agree to leave me alone. At that point I let him down.

After that event, no one... I mean NO-ONE ever ever ever ever ever EVER EVER picked on me again. This enabled me to proceed and live life with my head above the floor and gave me some self confidence that was RETARDED by eight years of constant abuse.

IT has come to the time for us to make this kind of point. Stupid and evil people only understand force. That's all that they understand, and that's how and the only way for us to deliver our message to them.

[IC Ken]

The author should leave liberal California at once. It apparently has taken its toll on his mind.

[LiberalBuster]

We are in a personal war against anyone who shows such disregard for human life. But I profoundly believe that, rather than preventing further atrocities, waging a war of retaliation can only provoke the unnecessary killing of thousands more innocent victims. It will kill innocent families in the Middle East. It will kill innocent American soldiers. And it most likely will bring further killing to our blessed homeland.

I, too, oppose war, but only because it permanently expands government power and permanently reduces freedom. However, some foes understand only one thing - FORCE. You cannot reason or negotiate with religious fanatics who are willing to die in order to kill you. If OBL and his ilk are not stopped, they WILL strike again ... in a worse way. I'm glad Bush is taking his time putting all the ducks in a row ... rather than caving into the pressure of the warmongering reactionaries. When we cut the legs out from under OBL, it had better be more than one leg ... preferably three or four.

[DAGO]

Ya know it is exactly this attitude that got us in this mess to begin with.As an AMERICAN who ever wrote this has a rite to express it's opinion.I bet it voted for Al and Bill and loves Hitlary.I am tired of these washed up 60's pantywaists.The only thing that will satisfy me is a parking lot in the land FORMALLY known as the MIDDLE EAST full of Texaco tanker trucks waiting to be filled with oil from the DEAD TOWELHEADS!!!!!!!!! I SAY CUT THEIR GENITALS OFF,STUFF EM IN THEIR MOUTHS,WRAP EM IN PIGSKIN AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES,IF THEY SURVIVE THE WRATH OF GODS COUNTRY!!!!!!! THEY WANT JIHAD..........GIVE EM JIHAD,SEND THEM STRAIGHT TO HELLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fly_so_free]

I am absolutely 100% sure that you didn't loose any one in your family and you didn't know any one personally lost in the attacks.

What President Bush knows, Is that these people are not going to stop until they've exterminated us. They flew planes with children on them (a 2 month old baby on one of them) into a buildings ,knowing full well that every one would be killed. The icing on the cake is that they actually beleive they are going to heaven for their deeds! We don't have to bother with airport security. The next attack will be biological chemical or nuclear. I doubt if these nut cases will do the same thing twice. Is 10,000 innocent dead people not enough for you? How many dead people are enough? What would you think we should have done about Hitler?

[bimbo]

OK ... I read your letter to President Bush ... now let's read your letter to Osama bin Laden ...
I'm waiting ...

[gunnedah]

How do you propose to protect us? Throw up our hands and surrender,tell them to come get what they want.Who do we surrender to,who do we pacify?They wont even take credit for their dastardly deeds.Will you let someone come into your home and have their way with your wife and children?I dont want war anymore than you and if you advocated pulling our troops out of certain areas before this I could have understood but they came on our soil and killed our people. I cant believe what you have said.