Don't bother me...

"We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance." - John Kerry, October 10th 2004

- 1979, Muslims stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iran and took 52 American Embassy staff hostage.

- 1982, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was bombed by Muslim extremists. 163 people were killed, 120 were injured.

- 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut were blown up by Muslim extremists. 241 US soldiers were killed.

- 1985, an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, was seized and a 69-year-old American was shot and thrown overboard by Muslim extremists.

- 1986, a West Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen was bombed by Muslim extremists from the Libyan Embassy in East Berlin, killing an American.

- 1988, a passenger jet, Pan American Flight 103, was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, by Muslim extremists. 270 people are killed.

- 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed by Muslim fanatics, killing five people and injuring hundreds.

- 1993, 18 American troops were killed in a savage firefight in Somalia. The body of one American was dragged through the streets of Mogadishu as the Somalian hordes cheered.

- 1995, 5 Americans were killed and 30 wounded by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia set by Muslim extremists.

- 1996, the U.S. military complex at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia is bombed, killing 19 Americans and wounding hundreds more.

- 1998, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim extremists, leaving 258 people dead and more than 5,000 injured..

- 2000, our warship, the USS Cole, was attacked by Muslim extremists that killed 17 of her crew and injured 39.


So, what year of acceptable "nuisance" level would Mr. Kerry like to return to, exactly?