Heard John Kerry's latest on how to go forward in Iraq. It seems he sees the simplest solution as being the substitution of training in place of combat. The word "facile" comes to mind. I thought Mr Bush was already proud of the achievements of the "Iraqi forces" standing shoulder to shoulder with the "coalition"? The Kerry outlook on the mid-East conflicts is so close to that of the 'way-out right of the Bush mob that such meaningless rhetoric can only be labelled "political opportunism". We can begin to believe in the sincerity of such blathers from either camp the first time we see on the streets of Iraq a column of tanks manned and commanded by Iraqis---with perhaps an overflight of the Iraqi airforce. Flying pigs, more than likely......