The terror alert has been raised. Supposedly, Arabs have been warned by their terrorist brothers to leave D.C., N.Y. and Boston. I wonder why they did not warn them before the World Trade Center was attacked. Could that mean it is a hoax. We can hope. If they hit here, I hope we hit back with force. Their learning curve seems rather flat. Their blood lust knows no bounds, however. Nigerian Muslims are rampaging against Christians. Sudanese Muslims slaughter and enslave Christians at will. The U.N., of course, has no interest in these matters. Americans should realize they must protect themselves and not rely on interntional bodies to help. The U.N. wants only money from the U.S., and soldiers for their puny military efforts.

I continue to appreciate the irony that the attacks are escalating at th very time the terrorists are getting much of what they want, especially in regard to the U.S. withdrawal from Saudi Arabia.

I remembered today many of the Arabs I met in earlier years and found interesting. The Syrian men attending my college. They spoke fluent French and were wonderful artists. The Lebanese man who worked in my favorite clothing store. He was a Christian who had left his country because of the civil war. He could not contact his family and did not know if they were alive or had been killed.

It is a shame that the middle east has become a cesspool of tyranny. Dictators abound. Oppression reigns. Terror grips the people. The Syrians rule like Nazis. The Iranians are oppressed by their theocracy that wields religion as a club to terrorize the society, killing all opposition literally and figuratively. Saudi Arabia is a kingdom that also runs an oppressive society while the royal family gorges itself on the riches of the land. It is enough to make you a Neocon.