[anatolfz]

I read this this morning and tried optimistically to think how he could be wrong. I don't think so though.

The truly maddening thing is so many people who are in a position to form opinion just chatter on mindlessly, making little swipes at the US-coalition war effort, and staring goggle-eyed at the Saudi peace plan as if it contained some startling, daring new proposal. The rot started back in the early 1970's when the UN welcomed Arafat as a legitimate leader.

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, take solace in the knowledge that that's exactly the way the United States was in 1940, or Britain in 1938. Sadly for us, it took an attack to wake us up, and even so, that was just against Japan; Hilter actually declared war on us 3 days after we declared war on Japan.

Most Americans polled in the time frame 1939-1941 opposed us going to war with the dictators, and the Selective Service act in 1941 passed by ONE vote.

I thought 9/11 was our wake up call, but we're still sleeping. I do think that, once finally aroused, we will kick tail. I hope.