One hears a great many things about it, Don. Certainly most people there would want stability. Most ordinary people in any country always want stability, so they can get on with normal life and not fear violence.

I was never in favor of that war in the first place, though, so I see no reason to support Obama's committment to continue fighting it. Have you read any of Eric Margolis' extensive writings on the war in that region?

Another Bush policy he has concurred with was the huge bank bailout. I didnt' favor that either.

He has made noises about closing Guantanamo...but he hasn't closed it.

As for the offshore drilling...I don't really know enough about the ramifications of that to have any strong opinion about it at this point.