Or imagine a Middle East with an Iran with a nuclear weapon threatening free nations and trying to promote their vision of extremism through Hezbollah.

I think we've been down this road with Iraq. It was crap then and it's crap now. The most destabilizing government on the planet right now is headed by W. He's made Afghanistan into a total mess, and worse than it was before, Iraq into a bloodbath and worse than it was before, is no longer interested in going after bin Laden, but instead is pushing for war in Iran.

Thirty years ago Nixon and Kissenger put into play the Madman Theory of foreign relations. Make the other side think you're crazy and they'll give you more space to move in. I don't think W is playing the theory, from every indication, he is completely earnest in his insane pronouncements.

Osama bin Laden cannot destroy America. He can blow up buildings, maybe airplanes, cars, buses, and if he gets lucky, he can kill a lot of people. The only ones who can destroy America is We the People, and we are doing it. We are throwing away our liberty and our moral core to satisfy the self-rightous god-inspired delusions of a mono-maniacal dolt who couldn't even figure out how to field a winning baseball team. He is trying to sell us a bill of goods, and it's the same bill of goods he already sold us last time.

Here's hoping for regime change in the November election.

Bush in the Rose Garden.