Tweeking, possibly? But the message from Ireland and the geniune feeling that I felt and shared with millions of others during those 3 minutes and all week, leads me, and I hope you, to believe that the statement I made was more true than not.

As for those that don't share these views of the American people.

This is the starting point to demonstrate that they are wrong. To make them question the information they are supplied with.

To demonstrate that the people we care for do live in a great democracy and will not pressure their leaders into doing just 'something'. But ensure that time is taken to enable the right reaction to be made.

The humiliations of the political failure, that was Pearl Harbour, were never erased by subsequent actions. Nor will the political and security failures of this humiliation.

There will be much pressure from those whose failure it was, to kick out and deflect attention away from these failures. I hope the good people of America will ensure that this will be resisted?

Nothing will now change the suffering of those families directly affected by this horror and the effect it has had on us all. The real heroes of this, toil quietly away in the rubble or do what they can.

The right response is one that honestly endeavours to ensure that such scenes are never to be repeated..... Anywhere.