Oldguy-the problem is that, no matter how much more technically accurate our missiles are than they were 12 years ago, human error will still produce mass civilian casualties. If you don't believe me, as the families of the Afghanistanis killed when a wedding was bombed, or of the Canadian soldiers killed by American "smart" weapons. Further, recall that action in Afganistan was mostly fought in open country, where all the experts predict that Iraq will include a great deal of street-to-street combat. No one thinks that the Iraqi people should suffer (Saddam excepted), but there is good reason to believe that a war will not be the most effective option to reduce the suffering of the Iraqis.

Peg-the founding fathers did create the Electoral College. It was, however, intended that the electors actually make up their own minds, guided by the votes of their constituents. It was only later that the Electoral became nothing but a confusing complication of the democratic system, and one which relies on a much greater concept of state's rights than is now possessed.