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p>I think we should stop trying to psychoanalyze the archetypal disaffected young loser on the Arab Street and instead solve the Narcisso-Pessimistic Impulse Disorder among American scribes. NPID is rapidly becoming an equally serious threat to our security. Perhaps your Mr. Tucker would volunteer as a subject. br> -- George Tobin br> North Potomac, Maryland /p>

Great article.

Here's two cents and two words of advice for after the "withdrawal in good order": "Gunboat diplomacy."

Tell the barbarians that you will tolerate no extraterritorial adventures and tell the citizens that they are responsible for controlling their barbarians. Then act on it and control your own problem, the feckless lefties. Ensure that terrorism, or anything like it, traceable to Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia = bombing, blockade, commando raids. Tell them that if necessary you'll pave their cities five acres at a time, and mean it. Leave a carrier battle group and a few troopships where they'll do the most good.

Gunboat diplomacy worked very well for a very long time. Why did we ever abandon it? What is wrong with telling a bullying fool, and his whole family, that you'll kick all of their butts if the bullying folly continues?

p>With homage to "Rubble makes no trouble" Derbyshire, even if he writes for the competition. br> -- Fred Z /p>

As usual, Mr. Tucker, does not have a clue. Without people like him (fair weather fan) and the losers (liberals) we would have won in Vietnam. Which is that we would have had a North and South like in Korea. The opposing General even stated that they were about to give up. But the media and loser (Liberals) and lazy, self righteous, self centered students kept them going. They would have stopped if they thought we had real will power Mr. Tucker.

p>This is the same in Iraq. They see a lot of wimps complaining. If we were united like we should be than the end would be soon. Also, finally, maybe Bush is going to do something about the Shia Military and the Iran/Syria problem. If he does what I said in the speak and people like Mr. Tucker stop the complaining we can win this thing.

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