[biblewonk]

I'm glad we never took advice like this when things got tough during the Revloutionary War, or the Civil War, or WWI, or WWII, or . . . .

Poor comparisons. How about if we put soldiers in Israel and dare Palistinians to blow us up and just stay there until the "threat" is gone. Some things really are futile.

[68skylark]

I think the fight for liberty in a country can take years. If you're ready to give up within 12 months or so, then feel free to support John Kerry -- you'll find many like-minded people in his camp.

I don't mean to sound churlish, but it's hard for me to deal with the idea of handing our enemies a victory -- it won't happen while George W. Bush is President, thank heaven.