DTWB:
Your indictment of the media as overwhelmingly liberal depends on where you stand: there are many who would say the media is too conservative. If you do weigh both sides, that's a good thing, but your posts bear no evidence of that.
The following is in bold so you won't miss it: If you wish to say that I have liberal leanings, so be it. But the world is too complex to espouse a simple-minded, two-party view of the world. I'm a thinker, NOT A POLITICAN, and people who spend significant amounts of time thinking in a simplistic, two-dimensional fashion can do it without me. I'm interested in solving problems rather than trying to take credit for things I haven't done and blaming others for my mistakes (a brief summation of 20th American politics).
I'll restate the previous sentence for anyone "unclear" as to what I mean: if you think that the world operates on republican/democrat fuel and refuse to see outside the small box you've (the editorial you) constructed for yourself, go for it. But to think that the rest of the world subscribes to your hysterical notions is silly. The world is bigger than red/blue states, and solutions occur within societies when people search for answers to problems and stop playing the blame game. I am not on the sidelines, I'm right here acknowledging the world around me, rather than quoting PBS websites and decrying the decline of overall human freedoms. So say what you will about liberal leanings: I don't live in your box and never will.
Other points:
The last quote in your post doesn't show me asserting a Democratic solution, because I never said it. Not once did I say (or imply) that the Democrats held a better solution Again, you're limiting thought on the subject by not looking for answers and instead focusing on the political blame-game.
Whether one agrees with the war or not, the fact is that people are dying; both Democrats and Republicans can agree on that. My concern was (and is, despite your slanderous comments to the contrary) that the objectives of the troops be realistic and attainable. Your flagwaving for the Republicans changes none of that.
Ignoring the intense racial divisions within Iraq and the structure of Islam in general are two oversights that may cost the US (again, not Republican or Democrat) dearly in the future. No substantial democracy has ever existed in the Middle East, most prominently due to the anti-democratic leanings of the Koran. The Baath party was designed to take advantage of the country's racial divides, and the US is having a fair amount of difficulty crossing these divides. Again, this is not to say that the occupation will not be successful, only that success will be difficult, hard fought and not necessarily permanent.
Theo
P.S. I never asserted that the Democrat's approach was better.
