[fieldmarshaldj]

Peaceful trade with peaceable civilized nations goes without saying. Trade alone will not stamp out the scourge of the evil political death cult of 7th century Mohammadanism, nor with tinpot dictators like Hugo Chavez trying to proliferate failed 19th century Marxist tyranny.

[George W. Bush]

Trade alone will not stamp out the scourge of the evil political death cult of 7th century Mohammadanism, nor with tinpot dictators like Hugo Chavez trying to proliferate failed 19th century Marxist tyranny.

And yet, we're so overextended in Iraq we couldn't help Taiwan if we needed to. We can't give the kind of attention to the Chavez regime and his anti-American neighbors. And we are hardly in any position to put boots on the ground in Iran either. That would be fundamentalist terror-state Iran with a huge and credible nuke program being developed in well-shielded underground labs. Unlike Iraq which had no such programs and which was a secular Arab dictatorship.

A lot is being neglected while we are in Iraq. And we've tarnished our own image, as much with the citizens of other nations as their governments.