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LOL! You should call him your "very observant" little brother.

This lineup stinks. I think I'd rather do laundry.

I'll simply paraphrase what I posted on another thread this morning:
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I'm sick of hearing Bush/Rice were 'the biggest losers" in the U.N. ceasefire deal. If the GOP had an effective PR machine, the losers would be John Kerry, Howard Dean, the MSM and every liberal who has endlessly demanded a multilateral, peace-at-all-costs approach to the war on terror.

The RNC and all Republicans should be shouting from the rooftops that the U.N.'s and France's perfidy and fecklessness are a total repudiation of everything the libs have demanded since 9/11. (They could start with this morning's talk shows.)

This deal encapsulated every liberal prescription:
--U.N. approval
--rely on allies
--let diplomacy work
--don't rattle sabers
--win hearts and minds
--Geneva Conventions trump all

Now it's clear what comes from such pipedreams. The U.N. and France proved beyond doubt that their "word" is worthless, they can't be counted on in a crisis, and they have nothing to contribute in an actual war. Hearts and minds in the ME belong to the "strong horse". Diplomacy only works when an enemy fears the consequences of its aggression. Their toothless prescriptions have hastened the death of the U.N. and Geneva Conventions they purport to worship.

Saber rattling works only when everyone assumes you'll actually employ the saber. [Better yet, when---like Indiana Jones---you casually shoot the sword-swirling thug before he knows what's happening. Preemption, anyone?]

We have a long way to go in this war. Right now there is an opportunity to shorten that time by pointing out the total vacuousness of the liberals' prescriptions for "peace".