was soft on terror. we re pursuing that war with vigor like never been seen before. we have eliminated 12 of the top 20 people. we have taken out 100 of their associates. we have sent them underground. they re in, fact, not able to do anything remotely like they were in the past. they are on the run. i don t know why where dick cheney has been. it s the mindset that concerns me, john. i think it s very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling the events as criminal acts which is the way we did before 9/11 and then looking at 9/11 and saying this is not a criminal act, not when you destroy 16 acres of manhattan, killed 3,000 americans, blow a big hole in the pentagon, that s an act of war. it is an act of war, what took place. our objective is to make sure they pay the highest price possible for the inhumanity they visited upon our country. whatever forum is the best way to do that is what should be done. it is interesting. dick cheney eve