Bobert,

When you are the head honcho, please learn from the following list:

Hosni Mubarak
Saddam Hussein
Augusto Pinochet
Mobutu Sese Seko
Manuel Noriega
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Fulgencio Batista
Ferdinand Marcos
Anastasio Debayle
Park Chung-hee

They are human garbage with whom the US has had friendly relations over the years. The remark that was attributed to FDR--although it has never been confirmed--``He may be a son of a bitch, but he`s our son of a bitch`` makes for cute oratory, but it just ain`t worth the price. The US has lost lots of trust from average people because it supported these dictatorships and subsequently suppressed average people. The rest of us average people really resent that.

There is an article in Saturday`s National Post (Canada) that takes a really good look at what I just said--and seeing I took this info from the article . . . I would suggest that your President get off his ass, stop listening to the CIA, State Department and various business interests. And start dealing with relatively honest countries and remember that average people are getting pissed off--all over this world.