1. I added OT to the subject

The guy that was eating lunch was supplying paint and stockpiling paint with
plans to throw paint (according to the intel of the time)

Oh yeah - it was not paint - it was a direct assault on the pentagon and our
financial center and they were trying to hit a third target when some heroes
with balls and brains and courage stopped them.

The thousands killed on our soil and billions of dollars of damage to our
economy are a little more important than paint on a car, so the analogy
doesn't hold up.

We killed most of those that were actively involved in  Al Quaeda
activities.
Then we did the Iraq thing.  20/20 Hindsight tells us it wasn't justified by
today's facts, but the intel and suppositions of two years ago led our
leadership to make a choice.  By the way, the Senator voted to authorize
that decision, too.

Trying to do it on the cheap ain't working too hot.

OTOH, Libya has ":given up it's WMD efforts".  If the rest of the world
understands we'll back up our talk with actions, they'll listen a bit
closer.  (this supposes rational leadership in those countries)  Iran and N
Korea don't fit into those categories.

The Senator has shown himself to be a wild socialist for 30 years and he'll
change his story willy-nilly to fit the desires of his audience.

Mark (I'm not wild about Bush, but he gets my vote this year) Dunning

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