[Reader of news]

The media and the DemocRATS always hide the good news from Iraq.
Iraq is in the path to progress and freedom.

[laconic]

I'm sure things are progressing in parts, perhaps most of the country of Iraq. But is it worth it? Is it worth 600 of our best young Americans dead (another seven this morning) and, much less important, $200 billion in US monies for just the first year? Is it worth Bush losing the election and conservatives losing the Supreme Court for a generation, which is probable if this civil uprising continues? I'm not a naysayer and I know our troops are doing a wonderful job in often horrific circumstances but I've thought this war was a needless, grievous mistake from the start. The fact that Iraq will have an Olympic team does nothing to change that view. And do you think we would be there if we had a draft and the sons of the civilian Pentagon decision-making elite (many of whom worked on endless degrees to earn their own draft deferments during Vietnam), much less those of Congress and the Ivy League, stood the slightest chance of being sent there? I strongly doubt it.

[numberonepal]

Good News indeed. Everyone please freepmail or ping me on ANY good news.