a cogent argument for hard diplomacy, global awareness, focusing on the real risks in the 'coalition of the willing'... a home run. this should be required reading before voting cards are distributed... i can think of no better delineation of the cataclysm which faces the next president (regardless of which party wins)- this is what happens when you push forward regardless of incoming information... this is what happens when you don't want to be viewed as a 'flip-flopper'....