Just in case, remember this...

"If we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again -- that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States." — Dick Cheney, 7 Sept 2004

This was a comment our Vice President made to some Republican supporters at a town hall meeting in Des Moines regarding the upcoming 2004 presidential election.

Basically, it was a promise: As long as you stick with us and do not elect John Kerry to the Oval Office in 2004, this country will be free from "devastating" terrorist attacks.

Obviously, it's a stupid promise to make, and does not take into account how a misguided U.S. foreign policy could also provoke someone - anyone - to distrust the U.S. and, at worst, become a terrorist. (As I recall, the American Tim McVeigh, previously a member of the armed forces, reacted out of anger at the U.S. government.) I'm sure Cheney wasn't misinformed. He knew what he was doing.

Regardless, I'm going to hold Cheney to his promise. If and when a terrorist attack occurs that is even remotely devastating to the U.S., I will be sure to remind as many people as humanly possible that this was another glaring example of a Bush administration failure, another promise to the American people broken to splinters.