GUEST, An Pluimeir Ceolmhar: Yes, Clinton does get credit for his work in Northern Ireland in addition to working very hard with the Midddle East.

Whistle Stop: The reference to paece not being priftable was not directed at anything you said but in connection with a thread I started a few months back entitled "Department of Peace". There were a number of Catfolk who felt that a Peace Industry would not produce the same profits as a War Industry. It is my opinion, however, that the earh cannot be better off in general by blowing up resources and people. This is not "starry eyed" thinking. Just a different way of viewing the same problems and looking for for alternat solutions that don't involved military thinking. A good example is one that you pointed out in the Bush Administration taking an isolationist policy toward the Middle East. It has been a failed policy from Day 1 and now he is trying to wiggle out of the trap he set for himself and finding that it ain't so easy when you gotta cover up for past mistakes.

As for the War on Terrorism. What is the objective? And do you really think that by killing folks it's gonna make their families see THE LIGHT? I heard today where the State Department is expanding the Axis of Evcil to include more countries to be invaded. Well, does invading Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Lybia, etc. make the world safer? Hmmmmmm? There is no end in sight to the Bush administraion's appitite for war. And bring it down to a personal level. On June 28th, Bush will spend the last dime of the surplus he was handed. On that day he is going to start dipping into the Social Security Trucst Fund. Hmmmmm? But. hey, there's folks out there that think war is profitable. Hmmmmmm? For whom? Not the average US worker, that's for sure.

Yep, it's time to think that blowing people and stuff up is a good econmic move and start thinking of ways of paying a little more attention to folks in the world who feel left out. And it is doable. Just takes different thinking.

Bobert