September 11th

Dear Victorious,

Besides the event, what do you think of America's response to the 9/11 disaster?

R. T. - Dallas, TX

Dear R.T.,

I have two thoughts about that. First, the patriotism of every day Americans seems to have died out rather quickly. Everyone went out and bought flags, etc. I don't see those flags flying so much any more. Did we forget that quickly? Or are we just not that patriotic nowadays?

Second, our government over reacted. The security measures on airline travel are insane - much worse than other countries that have suffered terrorist attacks as well. I think we've also relied way too much on 9/11 to justify our wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and now Pakistan. The "war on terrorism" kicked off just after 9/11. I'm not sure that was the appropriate response --- or that we're fighting the right enemy.