Hmm, last I checked the guys who watched the last choppers leave were
running the place.

Ho Chi Minn was actually a nationalist who said that his first choice would
have been to become a client of the US to help his country become a bulwark
against Chinese expansion. He looked too much like a communist to us so we
spurned him and chased him into taking the next best offer.

Sure, we may have checked Russia on several fronts, including Afghanistan,
but we did it in a way that left us with the current mess and the very real
danger of losing the countries you mention to an even more difficult and
intractable enemy.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't fight but that we should recognize that you
can't build a house with just a hammer. We need to fight and work in a way
that achieves what we want.

You are absolutely right about one thing though. If we don't get control of
our media we won't have the national will to keep on making the mistakes we
are making now. Don't worry, I'm sure Ashcroft is working on that and it
will get taken care of after the election (unless the tough guys lose).

--
Roger Long