[lavrenti]

In order for a DW1 we need the military to step up the plate, take the initiative and govern the nation in the manner it sees best.

I don't mind a "national regeneration" movement along the lines of Franco's Spain or Argentina in the 1970s. The libertarian ideal is so bankrupt and exhausted that I would accept several years of a Franco-style solution to our ideological conflicts.

[Travis McGee]

A DW would be a national tragey beyond comprehension.

I pray we can get America back on track without such a disaster befalling us all.

[risk]

In order for a DW1 we need the military to step up the plate, take the initiative and govern the nation in the manner it sees best.

This is what the left fears most, yet it is something about which they dare not speak. With 50% of the country firmly on the side of its president, and the military presumably 99% in favor of prosecuting the war on terror to the maximal extent, they know that in terms of sheer force, they are outflanked even with the media on their side.

I believe this is the primary reason for the "torture scandal" being blown out of proportion in the media. They desperately need a vehicle for asserting civilian control. I thought of this while watching senator Carl Levin, with his foppish manner, asserting his authority over secretary Rumsfeld. Hillary Clinton also seemed to demonstrate a will to assert civilian control. And Rumsfeld clearly knew it.