Amos:

If Bill Clinton (or possibly even Old Man Bush for that matter) had decided to find and wipe out the terrorist networks before the cancer spread, would be be experiencing the level of loss of life that we are experiencing now?

It would have cost the lives of innocent civilians and military people but far fewer than the present amount.

Think of Kosovo. That was a just and successful military action and they I think ended genocide. How many lives were saved there?

The first Gulf war was completely justified and passed all of Kerry's global tests, even though he voted against it. The current Iraq problem began when we let Saddam's Army get away. We ended it too soon.

This Iraq war is a continuation of that war. It is something we should have done then but due to the delay it is a more difficult task. Think of the lives that could have been saved if we continued and wiped out Saddam's army and took Baghdad then.

As to Swifties and "their "charges" have been repeatedly and conclusively shown to be bogus", I have not seen or heard a shred of evidence that the Swifties charges are false or cooked up by the Republicans, only Democratic rhetoric. The Swifites are Republicans. They would have to be Republicans to oppose Kerry. Why have no law suits been filed if they are lying?

O'Neil who wrote the "Unfit for Command" book has "challenged the presidential candidate to sue him if he's wrong about any of his claims." "If he didn't wound himself with a grenade, causing a rice fanny wound, and then reported it to the Navy as a water mine – if he didn't do that on March 13th he should sue me," Where are the law suits? "Kerry's campaign has been threatening to sue television stations that broadcast ads by O'Neill's Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The campaign has also threatened to sue Regnery Books, the company that published "Unfit for Command." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40096

It sounds to me like a chicken shit way to suppress first amendment rights, which the Democrats vigorously claim to defend, without actually having to prove that the charges are false. Let the Kerry junta put some lawsuits where their mouth is. Let them put up or shut up.

If you want to talk about lies, find out who was the first person to alert CBS about the forged ANG memos. Could it have been a DNC operative?

Now to cap off this "Iraq War is Wrong" controversy, how is the enemy benefiting for this distention and how many extra lives is it costing? Just pull together, win the war and sort out the who struck John later on. I think we all agree that it is to our benefit to win now that we are in it.

I could be mistaken.

   Old Guy