[Torie]

Has Lugar bothered yet to enlighten us as to exactly what he would do? I am tired of whiners with no construction suggestions, that have at least a versimilitude of being plausible, as opposed to yapping that we should just getting NATO or the UN in, and let them take some bullets for us. That of course is pie in the sky BS, and ludicrous on its face.

[Miss Marple]

Pukin Dog has pointed out that at the turnover on June 30, Iraq will have FULL sovereignty. THEY will award the oil contracts. THEY will decide about how much information to release on the UN Oil scandal. The UN will have to help because it is the right thing to do, and France and Germany can't pressure the US to grant contracts in order for help.

This was big news to the Kerry campaign, apparently.

[jwalsh07]

Here is some wisdom from the austere Senator from Indiana:

"Military action is necessary to defeat serious and immediate threats to our national security," Mr. Lugar said. "But the war on terrorism will not be won through attrition, particularly since military action will often breed more terrorists and more resentment of the United States."

In the interview, when asked if Mr. Bush was properly handling the troubles in Iraq, Mr. Lugar replied, "I don't know."