Ellen,

I believe that pulling US troops out of Iraq may not stop violence from occuring but I do think it would go a long way to diminish it somewhat in the Middle East. As long as US troops are on Iraqi soil, there can be no peace agreement. Unfortunately, the brokers in the Mid-East peace deal have no moral authority to do anything useful.. The Bush administration abdicated all moral authority by the pre-emptive invasion of a foreign country and is a spokesperson for violence in the world.

The fanatics are not identifiable at this time. They are there but they are unseen as long as the Bush propaganda machine makes them into a mythical hob goblin. Somewhere we have to come to terms why young men would blow themselves up to promulgate their beliefs. They must be shown a constructive alternative not a massive retaliation using the same means that they do.

Frank Hamilton