I don't think we'll invade any more countries on the second watch. Bush will be forced to misgovern differently this time around. All depends on whether he chooses to cut and run in Iraq after the January elections, but hang onto the oil fields.

Of course, the way things are going, he'd need all 140,000 troops currently in country (including the newest member of our family by marriage, who our niece married just before he shipped out) just to guard the oil fields from the insurgents.

No, what frightens me in terms of our foreign policy is both the nuclear capabilities of North Korea and Iran and the piss poor way the Bush administration has handled it, and my fear that Nigeria will be next. The Bush empire wouldn't need nearly as many forces to takeover Nigeria.

But there are rays of hope. Latin America seems to be turning left in some of the bigger countries. Let us hope they can unite and stand strong against the crush of the global capitalist imperialist scourge.