Originally Posted by summerkc

In an interview with Time magazine Sunday Kerry said: 'We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance,'

Does anyone else see this as a dangerous way of thinking of the war on terrorism. I don't think that the first WTC attack, USS Cole bombing, etc, which killed americans, was a nuisance that just had to be tolerated. I see it as a warning that went unheeded by both sides and showed the terrorists that we were not serious about protecting ourselves.

I dont think that any president anymore can think of the threat that we face is a nuisance. It is dangerous and irresponsible and I think it gets to the heart of the differnce that Bush and Kerry have about this problem.

Originally Posted by George W Bush

I don't think you can win it [The War on Terrorism]. But I think you can create conditions so that the -- those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world.