MTed, You refer to Underestimating out enemies? I was raised to believe in respect for our president, regardless of who he is. No matter who I believe in or vote for, very few people in American politics is my enemy. Seems like pretty strong language. I think of enemies as people like Osama Ben Ladin, Hitler, etc who want or wanted to see us dead. I think there is a difference between respectfully disagreeing with a policy, party, or opinion and calling these people who do not share our particular philosophy the enemy. This type of thinking seems to be as prejudiced as the standard hete group mentality.