[Freemyland]

I also think that some of the coalition building that has been decried is partly a way of assessing who is with us, and who is against us.

[francisandbeans]

I agree with you. This administration has made two particularlly brilliant moves since September 11.

The first was the grounding of all flights. I don't think they saw that one coming.

The second, is the coalition. In a sense, they are using the coalition as an interrogation of the governments of other countries in order to get a read on them. This will serve us well in the future...even beyond the terrorist "smoke outs."