Dear folks,

Sorry. I've been away and busy, and, Bob, I apologize for not sending you your book yet. Soon, I promise.

As for the proposed war, even as a good Republican, I can't work up much enthusiasm for it. I admit that the President is a little too out in front. If you're a leader, once in a while you have to look back and make sure somebody is following.

Even if Saddam nukes us (the U.S., that is), I think we should just make like John Wayne and take the first punch (horrible as it may be) then rally whatever is left -- which will be a lot -- and kick some serious Iraqi butt.

And after -- after all that needless destruction and loss of life, and turning of Iraq into a whole in the sand -- we should go on record, once and for all, and declare the U.N. an empty, hollow and utterly corrupt shell of hypocrites, vipers and whited tombs. The WE should nuke IT.

Best wishes for dry ammunition,
Tony