[syriacus]

For a week we hear whining about why didn't the President tell us there was a threat of hijacking.

Now when people start getting "real honest" (i.e. Mueller, Rumsfield, Cheney), people start screaming why are they saying these things.

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You've summed it up nicely.

The thing to do, is to keep the number of casualties to a minimum. We shouldn't be defeatist, any more than cancer researchers are defeatist because they know that people are still dying of cancer.

We should be prepared for the bumps in the road ahead and give the terrorists as hard a time as we can.

Lately this phrase from the Book of Matthew comes to my mind....And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Jesus didn't say be defeatist, but He was realistic. His advice doesn't only apply to the End Times. It can be applied to our daily lives in this imperfect world, too.

[Coop]

You've got that right. I think these depressing predictions and vague alerts are a direct result of the libs screaming about the Aug memo. Now the Administration is saying "Fine. Be careful what you wish for."