If the Iraq war is the most significant issue of our time, as the preznut assures us it is, why don't we go all out instead of sending over 20,000 troops? Why don't we double out presense there? You might say we don't have the troops, but we actually do have the troops, they are just all over the globe. If Iraq is so important, shouldn't we be making some sacrifices at home to support the war? Rationing and conservation for the war effort? Maybe Iraq isn't that important. We lost 59K troops in Viet Nam and have only lost 3K in Iraq. Maybe we just aren't risking enough to get the job done. Maybe instead of a surge we need a flood. Or maybe that's what was neede 4 years ago. Or maybe. . .we shouldn't be there at all.

Did the line about doubling the strategic oil reserve make you think that the preznut was getting serious about weaning us off foreign oil? It made me think he was going to stock up before starting to wage war against Iran and destroying their oil refining capacity, throwing the world into chaos. It also conveniently propped up falling oil prices. The Saudis have been saying that no emergency meeting was needed by OPEC. Hmmm. Did they already know what was coming? No worry. Their preznut will drive the prices back up.

Libby says Rove did it and he is supposed to take the fall. He's not happy. Rove is.