One year later...

[JRutledge]

I see people are just as uptight about this discussion as any other.

The reality about this discussion is it is just that, a discussion. We are talking about political issues, moral issues and deep rooted values.

I think people need to go back and read the words that I said about this to begin with (rocky) and see I never said a thing about courage of people that took plane into a building. Just because you are not a coward does not make you courageous. It might mean you are just evil and murderous. It could even mean that you are just cold hearted and spinless.

Many of us lost people that we knew or associated with in the World Trade Center. My Mother had a childhood friend and collegue lost her sister in the building in New York. They never found her body or any remains to identify. Just just vanashed from the building like she was never there. Now you tell me what I think of the actions in New York.

But that is why I love these discussions and we need to have further discussions about this on this board and in many other places. Because when we go to fight this war and more bodies come back to this country for this war, I sure hope this country knows why. Better yet, I hope this country is on the same page of what we are fighting for and what we are dying for. Rocky you are correct we should and can protect ourselves from hostile enemies, but I do not see how Saddam Hussian is going to help what happen in NY, Washington or Pennsylvania. But either way we better understand what type of enemy we are fighting, because when more and more bodies come home to the United States, that we do not wavier like Vietnam (which I have relatives that served). This is not like the Gulf War, things might be more messy if we go all the way to Baghdad (sp?).

Peace