OK this is a complete vanity but here goes. A friend, a middle-aged US citizen living overseas, sent me an email containing the Hermann Goering quote from Nuremberg Diary, the one where he says you can always browbeat the people into supporting a war by lying about your intentions, 'it is the same in all countries.' She included no comment or analysis of her own, just the subject line "Bush and Goering Beating the Same Drum." Not about to sit still for any cheap Bush-bashing, I replied with some heat. Here is what I sent back - your comments welcome:...