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Lordy, Lugar is just doddering. "Who is being trained?" I would assume they are Iraqis. "Where are the battle lines?" Well, Lugar, they are wherever the "insurgents" pop up. My goodness, do none of them read anything??? He wants the President to describe to him who we are fighting and how do our people go about finding them. Apparently Lugar cannot find any information by himself and has to have the President feed it to him.

I went to Dick Lugar's Senate web site and found a section entitled "Elevating the Iraq Debate." It's a pretty good list with some interesting resources. I also think it's fairly obvious, particularly from how you describe his appearance today, that it was prepared by his staff and he didn't read any of it.

I'm going to send him an email asking him what books he's read on the topic (the whole topic, not just Iraq). I'll provide him a list made up equally of anti-war screeds, such as Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks, and more reasoned works, such as America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It by Mark Steyn. I'll then score him by how many of each type he says he's read.

By the way, I still recommend that everyone buy a copy of Steyn's book for both of their Senators and their Representative. It should be required reading.

Along w/Steyn's book, I hope everyone here AND our esteemed representatives will also read Brigitte Gabrielle's "Why They Hate" to get a clue about how Islam is already following the same pattern here (increased population and demands for 'rights' on their way to taking over) as they did in Lebanon.

#130, that is an excellent idea about contacting Lugar's office.. If he was in his right mind why would he come on a Nationally Televised Program so unprepared? Does his staff not prep him for these performances? This reminds me so much of the stupid behavior and statements made by Bill Nelson. They both seem to be totally clueless, and downright dangerous because our Enemies watch these programs probably in larger numbers than our Friends. At least Nelson used to sound and look like he was playing with a full deck, Lugar (IMHO) never has. We have our work cut out for us, we must make these idiots (Congresscritters) look stronger,more capable and more willing/able to kill the enemy or they (enemy) will be here on our doorstep.