Lurker:

In my opinion you have the right idea. I think the aims of the Adminstration is to put at least on bullet through Saddams head. And hopefully none through the heads of the civilians Iraq.

If the government is changed to a democratic form (which will take a generation at least) It would bring about the conditions that you describe. Economic parity. The necessity or willpower to conduct terrorism.

The current forms of government in the area lead towards a growing number of discontented people. They do not feel equal to other people in the world. They feel like they are being taken advantage of by more affluent countries for which the USA is the Icon. This feeling would not exist in a demoractic country.

From the way people talk about Bush on this forum. an uninformed visitor would think he is an evil dictator that has stripped us of our basic right and human dignity. If that is the case how are we even conducting this forum?

We have it so good in this country that people risk their lives to come here. But we whine about having to go through security at an airport which is an effort to keep us safe. Then there is a group claiming the government is not doing enough to keep us safe.

Is there some magic way to keep us safe without causing any inconvenience or without invading some personal privacies? I don't think so. I am willing to have my privacy invaded and to be inconvenienced to Keep me safer from terrorism. I am not doing anything wrong, I have nothing to hide so I have nothing to fear.

Let the voting begin.

Old guy