Yes he was, and pretty well SACemcized too, so he'd probably be of the "Nuke 'em til they glow and then shoot 'em in the dark" school of thought. And it may come to that. Certainly the possibility has got some "leaders" like Arafat, and the Pakistanis making "nice" noises, and to some extent got even the Taliban whining, no matter that they are in the terrorism business up to their hairlines. They must think "W" might have learned a few lessons from an earlier President, the one who his father served for 8 years as VP. :) Never know what a Texas "Cowboy" might do, especially when you kill a personal friend of that President, who is also the wife of a sub Cabinent level officer of his administation, who also happens to be the guy who argued the case before the Supreme Court that resulted in said President becoming President. Yippie Ki Yay!