[Smogger]

I strongly disagree with the author's assertion that "these last six years have been lethal to American manufacturing and economic self-reliance." The economy is in fantastic shape, and the numbers get better every day. The stock market is up and we are at damn near full employment.

Furthermore to compare toppling the governments of Afghanistan and Iraq, and replacing them with governments more of our own liking, with a civil war where we lost as many as 2000 troops in one week of combat is patently absurd.

[hawkaw]

I strongly agree with what you have stated.