I can't give you an answer that will satisfy you because you obvoiusly see the situation totally different. As profoundly concerned as you are, I am just as profoundly convinced that we are engaged in a war with religious fanatics that will not be turned back by anything less than what we are doing.

You don't believe that Islamic radicals were deterred by our takeover of Iraq, I do. You don't believe that engaging them on their own turf reduces the risk to the homeland, I do. You probably think we can negotiate with Islamic radicals, I don't.

You probably don't believe that we can be pushed into genocide by continuing escalation of terrorist events in our country. I fear that we can.

I read somewhere today that a fatwah was issued against terrorism by a Saudi cleric. Let's see where that goes. That is the kind of thing that will change my mind.