[Superman]

Anybody concluding that the actions of the current "administration" put either America or freedom first has been pathetically indoctrinated. But let's assume this were true.

It is like we are living in a tent city, and the other tent families represent other countries. We might not want to walk all the way to the latrine. Maybe we just want to walt fifty feet from our tent, over near someone else's tent, and crap there. And since we are bigger than they are, we can. This is "conservative" international diplomacy.

And in keeping with this analogy, we decided that somebody had to put a stop to the wifebeater a few tents down. We load our handgun, wander down there with our beer and BLAM BLAM BLAM, we blow the wifebeater (Saddam) away.

Does anybody think that perhaps, just maybe, we're making enemies with this behavior? Who thinks that making enemies helps America to be more secure?

You guys talk about diplomacy as if it's wimpy. Well, that's really masculine for you to beat your chest and say that, but it is neither intelligent nor mature if you (hard to accept that this might be the case but) actually believe it.