[A. Pole]

You seem to think our war with the islamofascists has no merit.

Saddam Hussein was a great tool in fighting "islamofascists". That is why Ronald Reagan supported him.

Tell me, are Islamists happy or unhappy that secularist Baath regime got removed from Baghdad?

[John Filson]

This thread is getting off topic, but I think you should review Reagan's dealings with the mideast. He never properly responded to the Marine barracks bombing. His foot soldiers traded arms to the very Iranian regime that had kidnapped Americans just a few years before -- to secure the release of hostages held by Iranian terrorists in Lebanon.

There is only one way to solve the problems in the Mideast, and at least President Bush has begun it, albeit only visibly in one country.

But let's keep to the subject of trade. One can be "America first" and still support the war against Carthage.