September 11

I'd like to say something profound and moving, but I don't have it in me.

All I can say is I was down at the WTC site last September (2006), walking away from the river. I looked over my shoulder at nothing, but saw everything all over again. It was one of the worst moments of my life, and I've been through a few.

I wish I was the young gun in spec-ops like I used to be. It wouldn't have made a difference on September 11, 2001, but it sure would make me feel a lot better now.

My prayers for those who died, and those who continue to die helping wipe this scourge of ignorant religious medevalism off the face of the earth. It's an abhorrent philosophy due only death, destruction and erasure.

"We have an obligation to punish murderers of American citizens in places where courts of law cannot reach. My conviction is that we will serve a lot more lives in the long run by being tough and steady." - Lawrence S. Eagleburger, 7/1/85

"For us to ignore, by inaction, the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the American tradition. When our citizens are abused, attacked anywhere in the world, we will respond. Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." - Ronald Reagan 4/14/86