True LH. True Teribus. True Riginslinger. 20-20 hindsight is a great thing to possess. History tends to eventually reveal the mistakes of the past in a way that confirms our stance in the present.

With Teribus, I am damned leary of Iran, regarless of their reasoning or purportments (it that is a word) and an unstable Iraq is no reason to drag out the party hats either. We may not be the most righteous nation but it's the only one I've got and I know how predjudicially much of the world feels about my citizenship. When you are in the fight, you've got to win the fight first. Then you can be magnanamous if you want. Otherwise, you're dead.

And yes the RCC is doing its deadlevel best to evangelize and expand its constituency as are the JWs, the Mormons, the Baptists, the Pentecostals. I don't think the Zen Bhuddishts or the Hinnayanists are too big on evangelism but the Mahayannists have a big raft mentallity. All is Atman, all is Bhramin. We all promote our own reality and hope to make the world a more real place for ourselves.