following Hitler's conquest of Poland. After that, there was a period of several months when not much seemed to be happening. Some went so far as to call that period the "Phoney War." Things heated up considerably the following Spring with Hitler's conquest of several countries in just a couple months. The war ended up lasting another 6 years.

Our war against terrorism has gone on for 3 weeks now. Three freaking weeks and the whiners are already complaining. Oh, my goodness! We aren't getting instant gratification! The war isn't over already! We've actually hurt innocent civilians with our bombs!! How can this be?

It's time for some people to buy a clue and grow the hell up.