This book is dedicated to all patriots - past, present, and future, and especially to the modern day patriots of America -- the brave American men and women in our armed forces who fought and died and are fighting and dying this day in Afghanistan and Iraq so that terrorists and madmen ... will not be able to hurt our country again, not only with hijacked airplanes but also with chemical and biological and nuclear weapons. And also let us never, forget the brave firefighters and policemen of New York City who gave their lives on September 11 so that others might live.