I greatly appreciate that, old friend. I hope you'll be at the next Getaway.


I would not for a minute say McCain was Bush. I think he is much smarter than Bush in many ways. I mean more intelligent, not more wiley.

But I think he has an overlap with Bush in his proclivity for armed engagement as a tool of diplomacy. I base this on his history, and what I have heard him say about the future wars we face, in his view. I respect that he feels he is simply confronting the tragtic but unavoidable nature of the world. But that postulate is (IMHO) a terrible foundation for national affairs.


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