The Rant

I am sure many Republicans, given the benefit of hindsight, would nix invading Iraq. I certainly would. I do believe that the last five years has been a learning experience for Americans, forced to take their minds off the sports schedule and latest electronic gadget or new car in order to try and focus on this confusing group of world citizens called Moslems. As they listen to news from London and Paris and Spain about what the Moslem immigrants are up to, as they listen to what Moslems all over the world have to say about the United States and the west, as they examine the way politics works in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, "Palestine," Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan, etc. it is slowly dawning on our somewhat slow witted masses that Moslems are not necessarily "just like us." Nor is Islam just like Christianity or Judaism. Moslems do not believe in "turning the other cheek." THings we take for granted such as freedom of speech, freedom o...

Bob: An small part of the Vanity Fair article available in the Jan 07 issue or at www.vanityfair.com . I think what is interesting is that the orignal premise...going to Iraq is not questioned. Iraq Neo Culpa Please don't call them "architects of the war": Richard (Prince of Darkness) Perle, David (Axis of Evil) Frum, Kenneth (Cakewalk) Adelman, and other elite neoconservatives who pushed for the invasion of Iraq are beside themselves at the result. by David Rose January 2007 A preview of this article was published on VF.com on November 3, 2006. Iraq-war cheerleader Richard Perle now says an invasion may have been the wrong way to topple Saddam Hussein. Photographs by Nigel Parry. I: About That Cakewalk … I remember sitting with Richard Perle in his suite at London's Grosvenor House hotel and receiving a private lecture on the importance of securing victory in Iraq. "Iraq is a very good candidate for democratic reform," he said. "It won't be Westmi...

In considering the mess in Iraq, not to mention other areas of the world I was moved to be thankful that I live in the U.S.A. We may not be perfect, but we can hold an election with a low probability that the candidates will be assasinated. We have a dominant religion that promotes peace, not jihad. We are able to hand over power from party to party quite regularly without violence. Our courts are relatively fair and bribery is rare in my experience. We have the best set of colleges in the world, as is reflected by all the foreign students seeking to come here. Overall, this is a great country and we are lucky to live here. One of the chief problems in Iraq is that they do not seem to have the basic buidling blocks for building a Constitutional democracy. They come from a culture of violence, where all disputes are settled with guns or swords. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. I think it is time to turn Iraq over to the Iraquis with our best wishes. Onl...

Bob: I was watching the Colbert Report last night. He reports our great vice-president annouced recently that.....drum roll please...... Don Rumsfeld is the greatest Secretary of Defense our nation has ever had........ I just wanted you to know.