Why not give peace a chance?... No one can assert today that the path of war will be shorter than that of the inspections," de Villepin said. "No one can claim either that it might lead to a safer, more just and more stable world. -- French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin

And I absolutely never thought I would put a quote up here from Bush himself, but you gotta love the irony in this statement about our role among the world's nations that he made during the 2000 campaign: If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation but strong, they'll welcome us.

It's also PATHETIC AND IRRESPONSIBLE that the Bush Administration is scaring the bejezzuz out of everyone without any real work being done to protect them. If they truly cared about safety, they would be providing more needed funding for police and public safety personnel throughout the country (Democrats to Bush: ...[it is] indefensible that you have not made funding for homeland security your top priority.), providing necessary funding and management to the public health care system instead of privatizing everything, and working with local elected officials on hearing their needs for these necessities in order to actually fight against terrorist issues. They would NOT be telling everyone to just go out and buy duct tape!

But it's not about reality or care for the future; it's about politics, period.