Terry:

I came upon this thread by accident, but I wanted to say that I pretty much agree with you. I worked for 8 years in Saudia Arabia back in the 80's and developed great respect for the Arab people. They are crooked in some ways but overall they are more honest than most people in the US and Canada.

In Canada about 65% of the people were against the Iraq invasion but the overwhelming concern with most Canadians is that Bush has a chance of winning the next election. Our TV stories show a great deal of disagreement and diception in the White House that would lead to impeachment in Canada. Either the US media is not covering these stories or the US population is hopelessly anti Arab and does not find fault with killing 100,000 Iraquis even though the war was a mistake.

I think if George is elected again, it will be the beginning of the end for the US. I don't think the US economy can withstand the cost of this war particularly when it has caused terrorism to increase not decrease. Its no wonder that businesses are outsourcing their operations. Other coutries are providing a more peaceful and better life for their workers. When the Social Security funding collapses it is going to start a very dangerous spiral. Canada is looking to trade relations with China because that may be a better trading partner in the future. Our dollar keeps getting stronger but as I watch the returns tonight it looks like W may be back. Its very scary that democracy is working out this way when the population is supposed to be educated.

Mike Smith