[WhiteGuy]

Cynical? You bet I am.

To a politician, the ends always justify the means.

Huge energy profits = huge campaign contributions. (200 million will be necessary in 2004)

The majority of Americans feel the economy is bad and disapprove of the way The President is "handling" it.

President Bush has alot of support for the war effort, so he can leverage that approval with the dissatisfaction over the economy.

The war gets the credit and takes the blame at the same time.

I'd like nothing better than to be proven wrong.

However, I lack your faith in our leaders.

[Tom Bombadil]

I'd like nothing better than to be proven wrong.

Then you aren't really that cynical. The Cynics I am familiar with usually enjoy being proven right. If we did go to war, what would you accept as proof that GWB isn't in it for the money? In other words, for you, what would being proven wrong look like?