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You are so level headed and reasonable. But it's all useless if you aren't looking at the actual situation. PC has already halved the soul of this nation. We are well on our way to European ineffectual double mindedness.

If terrorists can render Manhatan and DC even temporarilly uninhabitable with radiological weapons while killing twenty or thirty thousand people and sickening a couple hundred thousand .... this nation is going into a tailspin it could take decades to come out of given our complete lack of political leadership ( a lack of leadership we richly deserve I wish to emphasize).

This is not "the sky is falling." This is a real probability if not near certitude ... GIVEN THE PANY WAIST BEHAVIOUR presently in control of our halls of power.

I don't see GWB doing much to change this situation. In fact I see him as a major contributor to the malaise.

So what do you think the government should do? Nuke the heck out of the middle east and detain all muslims in america and gas them to death? eliminate the whole lot? i don't think that would go over well with the rest of the world. i know that 9/11 was a horrible tragedy, but destroying countries and a entire group of people is a little overkill i must say. not saying that is what you should suggest, but some people are so hungry to destroy it amazes me. Sometimes I try to understand why they hate us all so much. I have read their literature, and websites. They really feel like they are getting the so called "shaft". They really believe they are fighting for some kind of freedom. It perplexes me why they are using violence towards us all, when they are complaining of being treated violently in the first place (not even going to go into how they treat each other). I don't like to think of taking out babies and children, but I guess those kids are going to grow up hating us also. I mean we have all seen the photos of the little palestinian kids with fake sticks of dynomite taped to their bodies. I would like to hope that if they used a "dirty nuke" on us we would retaliate with the same force in which we were attacked. But I'm not sure, it seems the government is trying to keep the peace for some reason...

I can imagine that it's a very complicated problem to solve. And I do recall being told this "war on terrorism" would take a long time. I am sorry to say but i believe that there will be alot more innocent American lives lost throughout this situation. It amazes me to think of 4 million people dying, and I would hope it would never come to that. I suppose after years and years it would add up, but at once it would be catastrophical and would certainly cause such an upheaval, i almost would not doubt for a moment there would be severe retaliation. I wish there was another way. Unfortunately I don't think there is.

We all must keep our heads together right now, remain vigilant, and aware. Expect the worst, but hope for the best. I suspect eventually we will all be so numb to terror threats and perhaps attacks, that we will just learn to live with it, which, btw i think is sick and very sad. I suppose it's like accepting the fact that you could walk out your door get in your car and get schmucked by a bus on your way to work. I really have no control over what happens. No one does.

By the way I am Canadian, and am planning to fly to Washington DC to visit my boyfriend for the 4th of July. I am not going to worry about anything happening, if it does it does. I also may move to the US some day, if they let me in by that time, who knows... I pray for your safety and well being.

I don't see GWB doing much to change this situation. In fact I see him as a major contributor to the malaise.

Then we must live in different universes.

President Bush has acted decisively since September 11, 2001. Most of America sees that and understands that America will defend itself in the future.

Your characterization of President Bush is absurd and denotes a disconnect with the evidence at hand. The man is not going to allow America to be 'destroyed' by terrorists and the fact that nothing has happened in the nine months since the last attack has meaning that you may choose to ignore if you wish but shows some real progress has been made in thwarting the Arab terrorists plans.

PC has taken it's toll but you vastly underestimate the strength of George W. Bush's leadership and even more, the strength of the American people in a crisis. I do not.