Yo Doug:

First: I do not condone violence as a means of solving problems between nations of people. What those mostly Sauid people did to the US a year ago was wrong, wrong, wrong.

Second: I am a realist and understand there are times when one must defend one's self. But defense should involve only the minimum force to complete the task at hand and nothing more. That becomes revenge.

Third: It takes two to tango and I think that is what Leo was saying. For every action there is an equal countercation, and unfortunately, I think a short-sighted foriegn policy that has been handed down from one presidency to the next, may be catching up with us. We are the world last reamining Super Power and, as such, the expectations on the US to be involved and inclusionary have not been met. We are very selective in that some dictators with WMD's are fine, while others aren't. By our lack of paying attention we allowed some real nasty stuff to fester. We arew going to have to start paying more attention to our responsibilities to be the role model, to be attentive, to be involved and to be inclusionary. If we hold the course in doing those things, we can nip a lot of these potential problems in the bud...

BTW, how many counties posess WMD's? Hmmmmmmmm? More than one can name? Just something to think about as we think about the US's role in a changing world...

Bobert