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Katie Couric's premier evening news broadcast yesterday evening started with a special report heralding the Taliban's renewed presence in Afghanistan. In seemingly reverent tones reminiscent of whisperings in the midst of a church service, the correspondent explained how just last year the Taliban had been driven out, but are now back with a vengeance, just miles from a U.S. military base. "And they're not afraid to operate out in the open either."

It's the sick meanderings of supposed journalists that can't find a positive thing to cover, that leads me to think they have never played for a team, don't know what it would be like to root for the home team and probably think this is all one big silly spoof, not really mattering who wins or loses.

We must win this. That means that as a nation we should ideally be united. Instead those who think Bush is the devil incarnate, incessantly tear away at the effort, doing their best to demoralize everyone but the terrorists.

Whether Bush is the Great Satan or not, whether Cheney is really Beelzebub, whether Rumsfeld is the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, there is one thing that rises above it all. We either win this and put and end to the notion terrorists can reign supreme, or we surrender our futures once and for all.

Somehow it just doesn't matter all that much to me what Bush really is. I know what terrorists really are, and Bush or no Bush, they want our freedom, and are willing to die to take it away.

That's all I need to know.

It's something Cindy Shehan will never know, for the woman isn't capable of that much understanding. Like we all didn't know that.

Thanks for your thoughts. It is important this issue is kept in front of us. It's important we ponder what the stakes are. It's important that we be determined to win. It's important for us to resolve to drag the Katie Courics, the Cindy Shehan's and the rest of the fruitcakes along with us to victory. It's that important.

We must win this. That means that as a nation we should ideally be united. Instead those who think Bush is the devil incarnate, incessantly tear away at the effort, doing their best to demoralize everyone but the terrorists.
Whether Bush is the Great Satan or not, whether Cheney is really Beelzebub, whether Rumsfeld is the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, there is one thing that rises above it all. We either win this and put and end to the notion terrorists can reign supreme, or we surrender our futures once and for all.
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It is important this issue is kept in front of us. It's important we ponder what the stakes are. It's important that we be determined to win. It's important for us to resolve to drag the Katie Courics, the Cindy Shehan's and the rest of the fruitcakes along with us to victory. It's that important.

Thank you so much, D1, as always, for taking the time to contribute your thoughtful and helpful commentary. It brought to mind this all-time-fave t-shirt: