[River_Wrangler]

"The strongest people in the Bush administration, including Mr. Rumsfeld, know what is at stake here. It is not just whether Mr. Bush will be re-elected, but whether the war on terror itself will fizzle out like the Vietnam war did 30 years ago.

The terrorist will not let it fizzle out like the Viet Kong did.

[Mogollon]

It is not just whether Mr. Bush will be re-elected, but whether the war on terror itself will fizzle out like the Vietnam war did 30 years ago.

The marines around Fallujah & Najef should be 'turned loose' to mount a full-scale assault and bag al-Sadr. This would take the prisoner hazing incidents off the front page at least for a couple of days.