The NY Times tries to rewrite the history of the war on terrorism before it's even finished.

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The most cynical recent example was Karl Rove's absurd and offensive declaration this week that conservatives and liberals had different reactions to 9/11. Let's be clear: Americans of every political stripe were united in their outrage and grief, united in their determination to punish those who plotted the mass murder, and united behind the war in Afghanistan.

Bullsh*t. And Karl Rove knows it.

"I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States," said Lee. "However, difficult this vote may be, some of us must urge the use of restraint." - Berkeley's congresswoman, Barbara Lee - October 2001

"I'm not so sure that President Bush, members of his administration or the military have thought this action out completely or fully examined America's cause," said McDermott." - Washington State Congressman Jim McDermott - October 2001

"Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor use of U.S. ground troops to carry out President Bush's war on terrorism in Afghanistan, according to a poll released Friday by CNN/Time." - CNN Poll - September 28, 2001

That tells me that slightly more than a third of Americans polled were against military action, even when bodies were still being pulled from the rubble. Now read the Times quote above again.

More from MoveOn.Org who claimed that 700,000 signed this on-line petition in the days after 9/11.

We implore the powers that be to use, wherever possible, international judicial institutions and international human rights law to bring to justice those responsible for the attacks, rather than the instruments of war, violence or destruction.

I was just thinking the other day - I belief that conservatives' primary emotions after 9/11 were fear and anger. What liberals felt were fear and shame.