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The term, "Win their hearts and minds", probably confuses people. Rush said yesterday that he is frustrated by our strong compulsion to make them like us. And he has a point. All indications are, we are being a bit too doting on Iraq. You can never win EVERY heart and EVERY mind. That is Bush's problem not only there but here at home. He is trying to be all things to all people with our tax money. The reason some soldiers were trying so hard to humiliate prisoners there is because we need more intel. It's that simple. More eavesdropping equipment. More language training CDs.

Getting funding for more intel need not cost anything. We are wasting money left and right. If Bush quits being all things to all people, he can raid the department of energy, the department of education, some of this agriculture pork, and especially the National Endowment for the "Arts". Bush can start busting government unions, and if he really wants to save cash, he can encourage a government shutdown with the RINOs and gloat about all the money the shutdown is saving. He can offer lifelines to Social Security recipients and other emergency expenses, but not to overpaid government union members.