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To: Boplicity who wrote (42398)	9/21/2001 11:02:29 PM
From: davidcarrsmith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Greg - You must get to resolved rather than worried. It has been a very trying time over the past 18 months, topped off with the events of last week. I have personally lost most of what I thought I would use for retirement - and I thought I would be retired this year! I think that our President's vision is correct but I'm not sure that we, as a country, will have the resolve to complete the mission. It's not unlike Martin Luther King's speech about having been to the mountain top. We as a civilized world, for the most part, will get there or there is no reason to be here. There simply is no other choice for western civilization except to once and for all time stop the terrorism. We are too old to be on a ship heading for a measure of relief. But, we are not too old to keep the faith here at home. dave

To: Boplicity who wrote (42398)	9/21/2001 11:04:49 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 65232

b, In some ways I feel the same way. I've never felt a temptation to enlist until recently. God bless all those men and women that work day and night to defend us. jpgill

To: Boplicity who wrote (42398)	9/22/2001 9:00:02 AM
From: Jill	Respond to of 65232

I know how you feel. Someone posted a link to this article from the Atlantic in 1990 over on the Foreign Affairs thread (a very good thread!): theatlantic.com He basically predicts that someday we'll call The Cold War, the Long Peace. He shows how the cold war, with the deterrant of nuclear power, kept peace for 45 years. He also shows how wrong some of us were when we thought that we had gotten war out of our system, or that the eurodollar would unite Europe, or that economic stability is the foremost need of any nation. He said security is the foremost need--I'm paraphrasing--and that fear of that being disrupted is very powerful. He goes into a very interesting analysis. He talks about socializing smaller countries to understand the ultimate dangers of the weapons they now have access to; otherwise, he says, these weapons will get into the hands of terrorists and madmen. He is far better than Nostradamus! :-) I think of the Balkans, and now this. I am scared too and in a very personal sense. But then again this country survived the depression and 2 wars, we'll survive this too. But who knows how we will emerge--still a superpower? who knows. I also read a really interesting interview in New Scientist by a former bioweapons scientist in Soviet Union who now is in U.S. He seems to suggest the hoof & mouth disease could have been bioweapon. I would have been somewhat skeptical of that but he's an expert. If that's the case, there could be a much bigger plan to just hobble our economies--Britain, America. newscientist.com

To: Boplicity who wrote (42398)	9/22/2001 12:50:34 PM
From: RR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Greg, I think we all feel a little like that. The uncertainty, the feeling of lost control, our future, prosperity, all at issue. At times I have mentioned my Dad on the Porch and things that bring him to mind. He died long ago. I think of him now. How he must have felt going off to WWII that lasted years. What courage it took for him and others to crawl in those B-17's and fly them to battle. You being worried is no different than anybody on the Porch I suspect. I think we all are worried. I worry about my teenage boys, both looking at a possible draft. I worry about what might happen to America long term. I'm concerned about a lot of things. What I can control is what I do and how I feel. I agree with you that it's hard to see down the road now. Regardless, I intend on living my life every day as best as I can, setting a positive example for my kids, my spouse, my business and friends, or anybody around me. I may be worried sick, but I do have faith. I will rely on that profound belief that we will prevail, just like my Dad..... every time he crawled in one of those B-17's. You hang in there. RR