With all due respect, Jack the Sailor, I tend to disagree with you as to who drew the line in the sand. The thought of any war makes me queasy, and this one in particular makes me feel very ill, frightened, and heart-sick. But then, I don't have to tell the relatives and friends of 6000 plus people what we're going to do about it. I thought the speech was very direct and, if he wasn't sincere, he sure has great eye control.

I do agree with you that we need to really look at the events leading up to the current situation and work on finding solutions as best we can. The speech gave me more than a little hope that this will be done, I sincerely hope we won't be disappointed.

I felt that the reasons given for why we are hated was a bit more patriotic than realistic but, he is new to the position, he didn't cause the past events (so far as I know or have reason to think), and...he's got a very hard position to hold at present.