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After three years and hundreds of thousands of deaths and dismemberment we are told that "stay the course" didn't really mean stay the course. Perhaps the most pertinent question is why we thought that it did mean- stay the course. Compassionate did not mean compassionate, conservative did not mean conservative. Uniter (as opposed to divider) did not mean uniter. No nation building did not mean no nation building. The global war on terrorism did not mean a global war on terrorism. The death tax is not a tax on death. Re-deployment does not mean cut and run. The biggest myth of all is that we are living in a "post-9/11 world". Yes today is post 09/11/01, that is simple chronology. But the fact remains that as long as there have existed terrorists, aircraft, and skyscrapers, there has been the potential for a 9/11 scenario. In the early 90s at the Malaysian terrorist expo there was discussion of using fuel-laden airliners as missiles. The twin towers were even suggested as a target. Unfortunately Condi "we never would have imagined aircraft used as missiles" Rice didn't read the memo. We have been living in a world in which a 9/11 type attack has been a possibility for decades. It is more accurate to state that we are living in a post 11/00 world. Had Bush/Cheney not stolen the 2000 election, 9/11 would not have happened, and there would still be a middle class in the United States of America.