I don't think GW can be acting in the interests of the global community. Especially not since a large chunk of said community either doesn't feel threatened by Saddam, doesn't care who's in power there and doesn't feel killing a whole bunch of folks is a really good way to get one guy and his regime, who will be hiding someplace very safe while the destruction occurs, out of power. Even the Iraqis who may support efforts to remove him from power will be anti-American if we bomb the crap out of them. The ones who live through it, anyway.

I don't think Natalie Maines was wrong to state her point of view. Everybody has a right to express their opinion - EVEN entertainers. I think she might have said it better, and I think she might have focused on the war and not Bush. He's got his plan on how to solve the 'problem', but there's a whole bunch of people that support him, and they're ALL responsible.

If you believe the polls, and I'm afraid I don't trust the way statistics might be being manipulated, there's a lot of people advocating war. There's a lot of people who, in my opinion, just don't really care. That's what I'm embarrassed about. They sit back and say "Heck, he's the president. He must know what he's doing. I'm a GOOD American, so if he says war, then I want war too." They forget the president exists to speak for the American people and not the other way around. It may be the only reason why they want war is that it's just too darned complicated to think about critically. The silent majority is back, folks, and they're BAD!

In any case, I think Maines just forgot how much attention is focused on entertainers, and put her foot in her mouth. NOT that she doesn't believe it or shouldn't have expressed her beliefs, but because she said it badly. It's happened before and will happen again, and hopefully, people will look at more than just one off-the-cuff remark when making their judgements about someone.