[Maximilian]

Sorry, but use of the term "neo-con" terminates my interest in a person's point of view.

Good. Maybe now you will wake up and stop believing the lies you are fed by people like Irving Kristol:

The Neoconservative Persuasion
From the August 25, 2003 issue: What it was, and what it is.
by Irving Kristol

"Viewed in this way, one can say that the historical task and political purpose of neoconservatism would seem to be this: to convert the Republican party, and American conservatism in general, against their respective wills, into a new kind of conservative politics suitable to governing a modern democracy."

If you truly intend to terminate interest in the point of view espoused by Kristol and his cohorts, then maybe you can do something to stop their effort "to convert the Republican party, and American conservatism in general, against their respective wills" into something that is utterly opposed to everything that conservatives have stood for from the time of George Washington.

[Ramius]

Some years from now, Baghdad is going to be a premium vacation destination. I plan to be there playing golf someday, along with guided sidetrips to some of the vast and wonderful historical sites throughout greater Mesopotamia.

What we are seeing now is the most important series of world events since WWII. I think we are on the brink of a massive seed change for the better in the middle east. I'll be the first to admit that it comes with high risk. Of course it does. Nothing worthwhile could be otherwise. But if we can pull this off, and I do believe we can, then we will have done more for improvement of world peace and prosperity than has ever been done before.

Yes, we have jumped with both feet into the middle east and all of the hornets' nests there. But this time we're saying on behalf of the civilized world: "Look, we tired of your s#!t, and since you won't fix it we're going to fix it for you."

[r9etb]

Gosh -- you've been here going on 2 years, and I honestly cannot remember seeing you post before.

Oh, how I wish those golden days could return.....

[Publius6961]

How have you managed to survive 2 years in FR?

Or is your drinking just sporadic