"There will not be a treaty signed aboard the battleship Missouri, but we can break [terrorism's] back so that it is only a horrible nuisance and not a paralyzing influence on our societies."
-- Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser under George H.W. Bush
Politics · Mon, 10/11/2004 - 08:09 · Importance: 1
Let me see. Some washed-up has-been apparatchick wants to bring terrorism to the level of mere nuisance. And Kerry wants it be a mere nuisance.
And your point is what exactly?
And how would you like a mere nuisance with an occasional small nuke going off?