[lavrenti]

I think what is often unclear to many regarding the WOT/Iraq is because it is part of a greater, multi-faceted war that has to be fought in a piecemeal fashion. Saddam was the 900 pound gorilla with capabilities the other potential and actual terrorist host nations do not have.

It's also a complex, often maddening conflict. For instance, while we were paying attention to Afghanistan, Powell rushed to South Asia to prevent a near-major Indo-Pak war.

The domestic side has calmed to a percived "inconvenience" because the terror focus is on Iraq. If we hadn't, I daresay the playing field would have been elsewhere.

[johnd01]

Hear! Hear! Lav! Why are people so single-minded (simple-minded?) here in the US?

[Dog Gone]

I hate the War on Terror, but I sincerely doubt that I hate it as much as American citizens hated WWII. Not only were we losing more men in a single torpedo attack than we've lost in the ENTIRE Iraq conflict, but citizens at home had ration coupons, Victory Gardens, etc.

I've seen the planes fly into our skyscapers. I've seen the beheadings of good Americans. I know that we're in a war.

I hope it doesn't take another 9/11 for most Americans to realize or remember that again.