>The point was to illustrate several things, chief among them being that there are much greater issues that should be occupying the liberal mind other than the constant wailing and knashing of teeth over Bush. I'd like to hear solutions coming from the left, instead of a constant barrage of "Bush is a moron" and "Cheney is going to eat my baby".

What was the proper American idiom... ah, here: you're basically asking them to ignore the elephant in the room. Yes, there are large issues, but a problem as big as the current administration and its doings simply cannot be put out of sight. IMO, it'll take at least a decade to undo the damage they've done.

>So, no apologies from me. I didn't write it. I'm just suggesting you read it. If it makes you uncomfortable, that's the point. We are at war, a war not of our own making, a war that will go on for years until radical Islam either wins or is reduced to a fringe element, much as radical Christianity is now. The sooner we collectively realize this and pull together to fight it, the better.

Apart from disagreeing on the ownership on the "making of war", I agree with the idea that no religion should be allowed to win - they should all be, as you say, fringe elements, and far from the political decision process. Religion is a personal matter and should not be directing policymaking.

I'd go a step further - the radical Christianity isn't fringe enough. It's influencing lawmaking too much. The dog is being wagged. Which doesn't set a good example to the Islamic world, does it?