HOW ABOUT THIS REPUBLICAN? IS HE TO BLAME, TOO?

It seems that everytime I turn on the tv, another Dimocrat is ranting and raving about our President. Is it 2008 already? JKerry even got in the act by saying he wasn't running. This, of course, after his joke about our soldiers backfired. But he didn't stop there--he said something about the US was a pariah to the world. To top it off, he was not on US soil. In the old days that act was unconscionable, but he was just taking a page from BClinton who demonstrated (pun intended) his dislike for US policy while a Rhoades scholar in England.

And I see Hilar(it)y says she wouldn't have voted to send troops to Iraq had she known what she knows now. Someone--anyone inform her that when she becomes Lady Prez that she won't have the luxury of hindsight either.

I thought our current President gave a great speech on the State of the Union. Of course the union is strong thanks to his leadership. Are you kidding me? In this day and age and no acts of terror against our country? It's more than just happenstance: it's good leadership and a merciful God in heaven.

I wanted him to say in addition: the unemployment rate is 4.1 %. That's almost unheard of. I think statistics show that 4% of the people aren't looking for a job and don't want one. The stock market is at 12,500. The highest in history! Philanthropic giving is also at an all-time high. Is it still about the economy? Well, if it is, then it's all good.

Certainly Iraq is bad. And it may be bad for a long time. But there was no hindsight. There was an evil dictator and regime responsible for more than 200,000 deaths. Yet, we should have done nothing? And now it's like Viet Nam and time to cut and run?

I've known many in Viet Nam and in Iraq. I've prayed lots for both. But there is one huge difference. The soldiers in Iraq are volunteers: not so many, many of those in Viet Nam. I didn't hear many in Viet Nam say we should be there. I've heard many, many returning US soldiers from Iraq say that we should be there.

No, I don't think I have all the answers. I don't even know the right questions to ask. But I don't like what I'm hearing from the party not in the White House. Ask me again in a few years when that 20/20 hindsight kicks in.