[Filibuster_60]

So what do you suggest? Do we really have the stomach to follow the "manual for victory"? Talk is cheap. Bush is in a tight spot now because the public wasn't adequately prepared for the costs of rebuilding Iraq. I personally have no qualms about going it alone and screwing our UN and so-called allies - I'd probably accept the greatly expanded federal power, the hugely increased burden on taxpayers, and so on, as a necessary evil. But you can't sell necessary evils to the general public - especially not in election years.

At the end of the day, the real problem is not Buchanan and his ilk, but our fellow Americans who have been lulled back into a sense of security.

[general_re]

So what do you suggest?

I have the luxury of defending the status quo - my suggestion is simply to stay the course. If someone else has an alternate prescription, it's up to them to present it and defend it.

[Howlin]

At the end of the day, the real problem is not Buchanan and his ilk, but our fellow Americans who have been lulled back into a sense of security.

I suggest that you have sadly misjudged your fellow citizens. The news and Mr. Buchanan may think it's no big deal, but nobody I have met or talked to has stopped thinking about it.