[Kevin Curry]

Discourse between nations . . .

. . . depends on the charateristics of the nations involved. For some, the "talking cure" is a waste of air, merely a means of buying time until they can triumph using blood and terror.

Well-intentioned fools in the US are determined to doom our citizens to suffer greater numbers of deaths and destruction by assuming that bin Laden et al are "just like us, ony they dress different."

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Possibly, but trust between leaders, a respect for the sovereignty of nations and a mutual goal between nations to root out the truly reprehensible militant terrorists is repairing a decade of platitudes, pushiness (of Madeline Albright), mistrust of our Panderer-in-Chief and our nation. It is an immensely complicated task, but I guarantee that Pres. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Condi Rice understand our international neighbors and the Constitution of the US.