Senator McCain - A man who understands war’s terror

ONE of the most unnerving things about the terrible attacks on New York in September 2001 was the creation of an atmosphere that almost equated American patriotism with aggression towards those who would dare to disagree with America.

For a period, the most powerful nation in the history of mankind turned a brutish face to the world: if you’re not with us, you’re against us was the disagreeable and intolerant mantra.

President Bush and his Praetorian guards Rumsfeld and Cheney dealt only in absolutes and encouraged the view that ultimately led to the terrible invasion of Iraq.