[mburbank]

To adress the key question here, this war is different, and upsetting, because it is a war of pre-emption. We are the invaders. Where you put the blame doesn't change the fact that with the exception of Bush the Elders Panama excussion, this marks serious departure for and change in nature of the USA.

All wars are awful, all are well worth getting upset about, and many wars are benchmarks in History.

I believe this war represents a MAJOR MAJOR change in the worlds dynamic, a fracturing of old alliances and the begining of a potentially dreadful course that could make the mergence of terrorism on American soil look like a car accident.

I seriously believe that.

THAT'S why I'm bent out of shape.