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Today I was feeling gleefull that the Dems had won the House and sanguine about the Senate ..because they now have the responsibilty to govern, they can no longer sit back and take potshots at the leadership of America. So it is Welcome to the Jungle Nancy and welcome to the realities of Iraq.

The Dems now will have to get their hands in the *****. They will realize that they don't live in a perfect world and that to be a Major Power in the World requires that U do dirty deeds done dirt cheap. They will have to take their fair share of criticism when things don't go right, whcih they will soon find out in Iraq.

Now what scares me, is that the Dems continue on with their Amercia is the Problem ethic. That means that the Dems will hamstring the running of our military and out source our foreign policy in the name of International cooperation.

In that case America will abdicate its Major Power Status. Since power abhors a vacume, either another nation or group will pick up the reigns. However this will not be without contention in the world. Or some group will rise in the USA and take the power back from the Democrats in an extra legal fashion, if they prove to be unwilling to do what needs to be done..eg Get their hands dirty. These are very real worst case realities.

Now fortunately GW is gong to hold the reigns of Foreign Policy for 2 more years. In which I hope the Dems work in cooperation with the WH to achieve somekind of "tolerable" solution to the crisis in Iraq. A tolerable solution is one where Iraq doesn't blow up and suck all her neighbors into an inferno. Which would be a diaster for the world.

Leaving Iraq without achieving this goal really is not an option. It would be far better to be losing 100 men a month for decades in Iraq than the alternative...of having the world sink into a Depression which would life altering.for America, much as the Dinosauers no longer exist. As it stands Iraq might just blow up and suck the Region into the inferno even with our best effort.

As it stands now we can't go home, cause home doesn't exist anymore. The face of America was changed with 911. I just hope that the fall of the WTC didn't produce cracks in our system which will eventually cause our downfall. Of that I am not sure?