September 9, 2001: Colin Powell to Yassir Arafat..."Violence and retaliation is not the way to resolve these issue".
September 11, 2001: Colin Powell to everybody... "We will strike against the perpetrators and whatever countries harbor them...you can't attack America like this and get away with it...this is an act of war...we will take whatever steps we feel are necessary...we will send a messsage loud and clear...America will not live in fear...let those who attack innocent American civillians know they will be punished...we will hit tham back hard.
It seems America has learned this lesson very quickly. Pray they are as attentive to other things they need to learn.