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It is not time to go soft, that is for sure. but, it is time to rethink our strategy. Iraq is a bitter, brutal and divided society. It will not be Democratic for a long time. You cannot jam Democracy down the throats of someone who does not value it. It is also impossible to completely pacify Iraq. It never has been pacified, even Saddam with all his cruelty was sitting on a volcano. What we need to do is redefine ur strategy. I think we need to be on our way out of Iraq by the time of the next election which is now less then 6 months away. That is just political reality!right now polls are showing that the people of Iraq have suddenly changed course and do not want us there. Granted they can and probably will change their minds. But, in the mean time we can play our get out of jail card. We can use that to pull back and start reducing our troops. But, we will still have to show resolve in another way. I suggest we consider hitting Iran in retaliation for it's helping the insurgents. A shock and awe over Tehran designed to take out the Guardian council and as many of the military generals and police chiefs as possible, and of course the nuclear reactor facilities. would do more good for the war on terrorism then getting bogged down in Iraq. And with that twist on our action nobody could say we were not strong! best always Bill

Good point! I think that out of 7,000 Princes there are going to be some bad apples. But, I also think most of the problems that come from Saudi Arabia comes from out of the Royal house. One of the fruits of our war in Iraq is for us to put some fear into them. There were obviously some elements in the royal house who were paying Al-Quada not to to attack the royal house. When we found out who they were and asked to question 3 of them, all 3 of them ended up dead in the next week. Indicating that the Royal House knew what they were doing. After that Saudi Arabia found it self on the receiving end of some terrorist actions. They are obviously more cooperative now.