LH,

You're absolutely right. I never meant to convey that I thought we yanks were the saviors of the world. We certainly have done our best, but we haven't done it alone. I'm just bloody sick of being slammed because I happen to have been born in the USA, and am therefore, American. I'm damn sure not ashamed of it. Let me just ask again, though, what SHOULD we be doing as a country who sustained such an unthinkable act? Did all those thousands of people in the Twin Towers deserve their fate? Should we just chalk it up to "payback" for our arrogance? I'm not exactly enamoured with the government here, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be in the position to have to make the decisions about what to do. All I know is, I'm glad I live in a place where I have freedom of choice.

Cheers

HS