Well, I'm not trying to psychoanalyze you, CarolC, and I wouldn't try to put words in your mouth, either. I'm just trying, while sorting through all of this, to identify real disagreements that I would want to ponder further. (As if I'm not pondering enough . . . )

On that score, see the recent post in "Bush Speech II" - -discussing "War Strategy," including an article "What Bush got right - and wrong" By Daniel Pipes. It has me bothered.