I get emails...

I received an email from someone who didn't agree with a recent oped I wrote titled "Bush Stands Alone". I won't mention the name or the entire email, just this exert:

Now for my comments Bush deserves to stand alone in front of an Impeachmentcommittee as Pat Buchanan stated not as the leader of the most powerfulnation in the world. This man has done more damage to our constitutionalRepublic than any other President although I would have to add Bill Clintonas a close second along with our self serving Senate and Congress.

and my reply in full:

Thanks for your comments. I am not a Constitutional Scholar so I can't give a scholarly answer. Writing is a passion for me so I can only give you an answer from the heart. When terrorists invaded American soil on September 11th, killing 3000 innocent civilians, in my heart I pretty much gave Bush carte' blanche to do what ever it took to get back at the enemy. I believe an attack on America is an attack on all its citizens, not just those who voted Republican, Democrat or whatever. Some people say we attacked them first or whatever. I think now the point is moot. We can't sit back and let people bomb us, so we hit them back.Now the war has turned from revenge to trying to change the culture in that part of the world, which I think a noble effort. Such revolutionary change will not happen overnight, so I expect we may be over there a while. Would our enemies do the same for us? Of course not! Will they withdraw into their into their tents and "live and let live"? Definitely not! And lets not forget the millions of Islamic citizens living in Europe and America who may be straddling the fence and would be emboldened if we quit in Iraq and elsewhere. Imagine a 9/11, or the threat in every small town in America. It would be blackmail on a national scale.I don't expect to change your mine by my philosophy, any more than you have changed mine. But please lets agree on this: Lets get behind our President, win the war so the troops can come home, and pray our children have a world free from the threat of terrorism, and you and I can sit in our rocking chairs in our old age.