[lavrenti]

A punk like me is not going to challenge your bona fides or slap you silly for your comments, however what I have to say is that the perception that W. is so strong domestically is patently false. You know very well the fractured nature of post-Clinton politics in America—even a event such as 9|11 does little more than paper over some very obvious wounds. We are in a weaker position politically than in 1995, period.

Usuama, Islamic Scumbag and Saddam Stalin aside, we have a lot of bad actors over here all too willing to drop nails in front of every Bush-led initiative. There is little room for him to move in that situation. It isn't as if he can declare a state of siege and dissolve Congress.

In regards to Israel, well there are UN resolutions to uphold, and allies to placate and 4 million Palestinians we have to put somewhere. Look, it sucks. But we have to figure out the least bad solution, okay?

[OldFriend]

And you are expecting mark to face reality? You stated the facts clearly and thanks much for that light of sanity tonite.