Bill:

I'm sorry if the dialogue on this thread has upset you in some way. I appreciate your viewpoints as expressed. I am moved to ask what the "enormous problem" was that the current administration is handling as well as it could be handled. Do you mean the enormous problem of sadistic tyranny in Iraq? Of their aggressive WMD program? Their intimate links with Al Queda and the 9-11 attacks? Or are you referring to the post-war situation of drawn-out guerrilla/terrorist counter-attacks?

In any case, I have yet to see a rebuttal for the core issues. But if your political views are essentially adversarial -- and your whole post indicates they are -- we won't have a lot to discuss anyway, because I see little intention to communicate. Maybe that's the difference between "liberals" and "conservatives". We prefer to solve problems by communication, not by harder hitting, as long as that is a viable option.



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