papasan --

I don't think you owe any of us an apology --

The passion of the anger we all felt early on assures us that we are all in tune with each other; but the only response there can be to cold, calculating, evil is cold, calculating, deliberation in response. There can be no excusing, no rationalizing, and no apologizing for these despicable acts and those who perpetrated them. We must take away all their assets, deny them their sanctuaries, and ultimately, to eradicate them wherever they may be. There will never be any peace for those we love and those we have fought for, otherwise. This is the warrior's call, and each generation must "toe the mark" in its own time and in its own way. Us "old soldiers" know this as intimately as can be, and it is up to us to lead the way in support of our sons and daughters who now shoulder the burden of Freedom's price.

God, how I wish I could go and help them!

Pickett