I admire your attitude, and your argument. I'm pessimistic about the big picture, not the war on terror, or Iraq. The signs are clear to me that we are going towards a direction that will end the dominance of western civilization, probably during our grand-children's lives.
Defeat doesn't show in current economics, or current war outcomes. Defeat is an attitude fostered in society. When a country becomes a market, and its citizens become mostly complacent, that is the defeat.
Hmmm .... did you ghostwrite "State of Emergency" for Pat Buchanan?
(that's intended to be a compliment, by the way)
- John