Mr. President,

I was very impressed to see you on television, landing aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, dressed in your flight suit! I don’t know whether this courageous gesture was intended to intimidate the terrorists. I had never seen this except in America. God bless America! This gesture symbolizes the power and strength of the United States. But know one thing, Mr. President, “An insect can fly very high, but that does not make it a bird.” This is a proverb of the Punu from the equatorial forest of Gabon.