Tommy Franks — American Soldier born on June 17, 1945,

Tommy Ray Franks is a retired general in the United States Army. His last Army post was as the Commander of the U.S. Central Command, overseeing U.S. military operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on July 6, 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003... (wikipedia)

The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.
America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago.
I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.
If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.
Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.