The battle is the same battle since day one. They're talking about commemorating a battle from 1066 for crying out loud (I wonder who will play the dead bodies and screaming babies in the re-creation). It's just another excuse to have a war. It is absolutely, utterly unnecessary. We're going to have a nuclear confrontation because people like you have an itch to scratch. Talk about mental illness. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Helm To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 5/6/2006 9:06:29 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Lee Harvey Oswald & the Liberal Crack-Up It?s not a success yet, but the Leftist & Islamist descriptions of its being a debacle are absurd. A lot is at stake in Iraq. If we can help them get a workable non-militant government, the ramifications for the rest of the Middle East would be enormous. It is a shame that so many people want Iraq to fail so they can prove Bush wrong. This isn?t about Bush. It is about a battle with a hostile force and one of the major battlegrounds today is Iraq. Some of us want it to succeed. Some of us think a successful Iraq is worth fighting for, but the Anti-Americans hope we will lose. Being pessimistic about Iraq doesn?t place your standards higher than mine. Quite the contrary. Our troops have complained about the twisted warped view swallowed over here as fact. They think they are fighting for something worth while and doing a good job, but the anti-Americans are painting good evil and evil good. Lawrence