[billbears]

The central task of this present administration must be to convince Americans to shoulder these thankless tasks that are so critical for both world peace and our own national security, especially when the immediate costs so often cloud the more abstract and long-term benefits

Like 'spreading democracy' and establishing 'American leadership' eh? Look guys, it's another 'win one for FDR' pep speech for the masses from the NRO

[Mr. Silverback]

Look guys, it's another 'win one for FDR' pep speech for the masses from the NRO

Yes, and that whole neutrality thing in the 30s worked out so very well, didn't it?

If we are to take the "Afghanistan's done, it's Miller Time" course advocated by many on this forum, we will do so only by deciding that it is perfectly OK for enemy nations to provide terrorists the same services Afghanistan provided to Al-Qaida (until they murder a few thousand of us, in which case we'll get ticked off and go bomb them) and only by deciding that Israel doesn't deserve our support, but instead should stand alone while Palestinians blow up her children and incidentally Americans.