>It's pretty well known that IQ scores can change over time, so relying on tests from over 30 years ago isn't too credible. However, I did notice you didn't refute any of my points about his decision making process leading up to the war in Iraq.


I'll assume you've never read Woodward's stuff on this very issue. He can hardly be called a Bush apologist but both Bush at War and Plan of Attack are compelling reading. Woodward's sources are undisputedly first-rate.

Regarding the Middle East and the thinking behind the overall strategy there ( not the slogans or the bumper stickers but the real hard-nosed white paper stuff ) your pretty much need to read Kenneth Pollack, Pipes, Perle, Wolfowitz's own white papers, a whole lot of Bernard Lewis and a raft of other stuff. There are arguements to be made on both sides, but the slogans on either side are just blather. This stuff is a heck of a lot more complex than the most complex computer issue as human affairs have one heck of a lot more variables.

I respect the passion of those who want social justice and a peaceful world. I am the product of the most liberal education America can provide and came of age in the most turbulent year since the Civil War - 1968. This stuff is too important for the kind of nonsense I see being shouted back and forth over the barricades.

Whoever is the next president knows he is going to have to deal with a world that is far more complex than most of his supporters and enemies imagine.