[besieged]

YOu think so? From you mouth to God's ears!

I just wish I could figure out a way to skate by the way Powell/Bush do. You know? I want to get rewarded for doing things I am supposed to do and not doing things I am not supposed to do!

Powell will not meet Arafat! (I pledge not to kill my neighbor!)

Bush stops coddling the murderer Arafat! (I pledge not to steal EVERYTHING from the donation plate in church!)

[LS]

And you are not an independent nation with military forces and some (in the case of Saudi Arabia/Iraq) geopolitical resources that we at least have to consider before acting. This is why there ARE diplomats, and not just generals.