How the hell can I disagree with that!
You never want to argue with me!!! plllf.. ;-))
That was a good article, I do like the vision a LOT... and I can see it is possible.
I do trust Powell.. were you dissapointed with his recent effort in the UN? He had to stand up with what appeared pretty lame evidence. That probably hurt the cause more than anything recently imho. Would have been better to not talk about evidence at all.. rather push the points this person does in the article. The enemy is the one that benefits from the subject being on evidence of weapons now.
Not sure if you have seen the scale of anti war protest developing down here... but it's big, or at least loud. The PM, John Howard, went on record about a week ago saying the anti war protestors should be ashamed of themselves for providing encouragement and comfort to Saddam Hussein.. it was a pretty unpopular thing to say.. I agree with him... but we can't stop them.. the only way to do it is with leaders like Australia's PM that will put their balls on the line and do the right thing when it has to done.. I believe Clinton and possibly Gore would have MADE the French and Germans stay in line from day one. Not only becasue they appear to be better politicians than bush but becasue they had their hands on the strings and knew which ones to pull.. Coming in right before 9/11 would take a great president to cope with.. we just don't seem to even have a good one.