I am not too keen on the whole lineup. Tancredo is probably the most attractive candidate for me but he is also one of the two longest shots up there. Some of the others look so damned good but then there are one or two big red alerts flashing over their heads, like CFR or welcoming illegals. The War, itself, is the least of my concerns, given the prospects for the next administration. When it suddenly gets right up beside us, whoever is president will do what is necessary, eventually. Giuliani will not have any advantage over Mrs. Bill as to the war. He will be facing a very left congress that will not allow him to prosecute the war and will delay or not permit a response to the nuking of Chicago whereas a Democrat will be allowed to respond to a major hit just because it is a Democrat doing it. Election of a Thompson or Hunter may well bring a Republican Congress with it, in which case the war will continue in the present border-war mode until we take a big hit at home, then the response will be massive and effective. Giuliani and probably Romney will come in with Left congresses.
UNLESS Bush takes care of business big time with Iran, the best we can hope for with this war is that whoever is the next president will respond to the inevitable major homeland attack effectively. Several of them, maybe even Giuliani, will probably treat it as a Crime Problem, at least at first, and will sick the DA and the Justice Department on the perps while we lose another city or two.