[John D Harris]

Marukusu,
The reason I have said 25+ years is because we the citizens of the U.S.A. have closed ranks and are banded together against a common enemy. The loyalty, trust, freindships, ties or whatever that are formed during times like these are not easily abandoned by those that formed the ties to each other. Our childern or our childern's childern may forget the ties to each other. Each new attack from outside forces causes us to come closer and become stronger. I have seen groups of people that pre 11 Sept., 2001 wouldn't have pissed on each other if the other was on fire. Come together, their differance are a source of jokes and strength, what matters is that they are all "Americans".That is basic "American Psycology" (SP?) Leave us alone and we will come apart, attack us and we become the "Sleeping Giant,that has awoken and been filled with terrible resolve"