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Point well taken. In a time of peace and non-crisis, your proposal would be the correct path. At times of war, I believe, all energy must be focused on a solution to the national crisis. Of course, one might argue that it is necessary to understand the root of a problem in order to take appropriate action. Sometimes though, action taken with partial ignorance of the root cause, may be more direct and decisive. Eg When the Persians decided to invade Europe in ancient times, the Greeks did not stop to think, "what have we done to these people? Are we blocking their meditterranean trade? Are we intrusive to their culture on the East shores, with all those Greek libraries and local governments?"

No, such questions were never asked, there was no time to ask, or negotiate. The Greeks simply destroyed the Persian fleet and then we made nice nice forever more ;-*)

After that, philosophers and peoples of thought, analyzed, learned, advised, discussed, made historical judgement.

Exactly right. We'll leave the fretting, hand-wringing and breast-beating for the Chomsky like characters of the world. Forever whining and crying about America's sins and faults hoping that whatever guilt they have in their lives is projected to others. It's important as well that we take our historical lessons from Muslims and their spurious bleatings about big bad America and her Zionist aggressor sullying up that pure fascist Islamic land which has been habitated for "thousands of years" by the "Palestinians."

"...In a time of peace and non-crisis, your proposal would be the correct path. At times of war, I believe, all energy must be focused on a solution to the national crisis....'

Ah, well that clears up my confusion. After the 200 soldiers blown up in Beirut, and after the bombing of Libya, and after the disco bombing, and after Desert Storm settled back down into desert sand, and after The Great Humanitarian Crusade to kill Serbs And Show Good Faith To Our Bosnian Moslem Brothers, and after the bombings of the African embassies, and after fellacio-gate in Sudan and Afghanistan and after The Great Humanitarian Crusade to kill Serbs And Show Good Faith To Our Albanian Moslem Brothers, and then AFTER the--according to the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense and The Chairman of the JCS probably several generations long--drive to wipe out terrorism as we define it, THEN we'll reason together.

Okey dokey.

After all, the President DID councel patience.

Or, perhaps National crisis IS the solution to our National crisis IS the solution to our National crisis Is.....