>im just laying out the hard truth without all the icing ... if
>more people did that I think there would be a broader base of
>clear seeing people and these phony wars wouldn't have the
>consituency needed to get off the ground in the first place.

i think you're right; this bullshit never should have flown. especially with the numbers of people in this country who remember vietnam.

but....that's good ol american shortsightedness for you.