*****I wonder if Bill will survive it!*****
Bill's body will be conveniently found in the local park, so Hillary will get sympathy votes.
Only a Democrat would look for sympathy votes AFTER losing!
One critical new factor has not been considered by any of the previouis posters; the alliance between Moscow and Bejing is a wild card. Jointly, they have already made veiled threats to the US - http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-07-01-russia-china_x.htm
If this is more than talk, further expansion of the war on terror could draw us into a far larger conflict than we anticipate. I would argue that with the economy and military in it's current state, we are ill prepared should this occur. How much "outsourcing" has been done by the Department of Defense? How quickly can we raise recruitment and training for the military?
Any movement towards Terrhan must be carefully weighed. It is the time for cool heads, not hot ones to prevail. Gut reactions, even in the cause of justice, are a waste of energy and resources. It is imperative we think before we act, and garner as much support from other nations as possible; we'll need all the help we can get.