[jpl]

I too am a New Yorker who knew some that died. If you're going to absolve Bush and blame Clinton why stop there? Do you also blame Bush Sr. or Reagan? Our history with terrorism did not start under Clinton no matter how much you want to believe that.

What you say is true. This terrible tragedy has been gradually building in America for about 25 years now, and before 9/11 nobody took it nearly as seriously as they should have.

But now we finally do realize the serious nature of the threat and are doing something about it, and a lot of these same people are crying about the methods we're finally using to solve the problem. There's just no satisfying some folks.

[sakic]

We are in the middle of WWIII and idiots on both sides are still treating this like a child's game of "He did it".

Insufferable morons on both sides.

[sakic]

But now we finally do realize the serious nature of the threat and are doing something about it, and a lot of these same people are crying about the methods we're finally using to solve the problem.

By the way, I forgot to say before to you that I think it's okay for us to disagree among ourselves on the methods of fixing the problem. This is still America and the voicing of differing opinions is still allowed.

Personally I would have gone after the Saudis and other states that openly support and promote fundamentalist Islam rather than the evil but secularly run Iraq. To me countries like Iran pose a far greater risk to us than Iraq ever did.

However, I don't blame Bush for his tactics. I blame those that are trying to annihilate us.