[Keith]

To me, this is all very simple...

Think of the Baseball World Series, and you are NOT from New York....


The Yankees are playing, as per usual...

Who do you root for?

With almost no exception, here in flyover country, EVERYONE I ask this question of instantly replies "WHOEVER IS PLAYING THE YANKEES..."

WE are the New York Yankees...and the rest of the world is tired of us always winning...they want SOMEONE to stop the Yankees...literally.

It doesn't make any difference if the Yankee manager is a good guy (He is, but they don't like the US' "manager") or if they play fair...or even if they are playing a nasty team on the other side (Think "dirty" Oakland Raiders)

Think about how happy everyone is when the Rams get beat...

That is how much of the world sees us right now...rich...arrogant...convinced they are right on everything...

It doesn't matter that we are trying to take down a murderous tyrant. In fact, that emphasizes how much this is really an opposition to US, not about ridding the world of Saddam and his WMD.

Sad.

[RonF]

Not a bad analogy. Except, you happen to be talking to a Red Sox fan, one who's worn a "Yankees Suck" T-Shirt to Fenway and elsewhere. We have a whole other set of reasons to want to beat the Yankees than the rest of the major leagues....