[Siena Dreaming]

And now, when we pull out, after all the spilled blood and wasted treasure, the Iranians will take over the country (predictably) within a matter of weeks or months, with many, many more Iraqies killed

Only your opinion. Not the majority opinion by a long shot.

not a single one addressed a single, direct national interest

I'm not sure how you can say leaving the Taliban in power with Osama Bin Laden leading their effort would have helped our nation. The only reason we haven't suffered another major attack is because Bush put us on the offense. That's certainly national interest.

[KantianBurke]

"Only your opinion. Not the majority opinion by a long shot."

Yeah. Right.