John Kerry Unchanged After 9/11

In the interview published on Sunday, New York Times reporter Matt Bai asked Kerry how Sept. 11 had changed him, either personally or politically. Kerry seems to freeze for a moment. 'It accelerated - ' Kerry paused. 'I mean, it didn't change me much at all.'

Any one, any AMERICAN, who states that he or she is unchanged after 9/11/01 hasn't fully grasped the reality of the state of the world today. For John Kerry to make such an incredible statement reinforces the fact that he does not see terrorism as a serious and deadly threat against the Western world, and most notably, the United States. Under Kerry's myopic view of terrorism, the United States will surely be less secure, and I have no doubt that should Kerry be elected President, our great America will be more open to terrorists and terrorist attacks.

If Kerry believes it's acceptable to reduce terrorism as a mere "nuisance" of society, much the same way he considers prostitution or illegal gambling as a nuisance, then he demonstrates both a complete and utter disregard for those lives that have been lost from this "nuisance" in the world, and an incomprehensible ignorance in the deadly ideology behind the fanatic Muslim Fundamentalist.

I am forever changed after 9/11/01. My husband is a NYC Firefighter who was down there on that dreadfully deadly day. I didn't know if he was alive. Only after 4 hours of insanity did I learn he was OK, but many in his firehouse were lost. Eight men in my husband's firehouse gone. Families disrupted. Many children without their fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and friends. Lost forever.

Even if I did not have a direct connection to that day, I STILL would have been changed forever because life as we know it does not exist anymore, and will NEVER exist. The fun, free, fanciful times of pre-9/11 have given way to an uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. Fear has replaced fun, free and fanciful forever.

Senator Kerry has not earned the right to be President and Commander-in-Chief of our great nation. Not only does John Kerry's 30-year record in the political arena glaringly prove that he does not take world terrorism as seriously as he must, but he also states that he was not changed at all on the most tragic day in US history.

How safe would you feel if John Kerry were President?