Rus: I am against troop withdrawal until we can arrange an orderly transfer of power.

Well theres to positive thinking. I hope for the best whatever that means too.

Just out of curiosity, what are your wife’s beliefs, geo-politically speaking?

I just asked her.
She is going off of your lesser of two evil commentary…She doesn’t buy it, she believes that our government bases foriegn policy on geo-political significance and only uses the argument of moral imperative to distract or manipulate public perception of our foriegn interventions. Darfur for example, could use a lesser of two evils but they don’t count geo-politically speaking, therefore pure self interest prevails. Non -action in light of obvious moral issues rules the day because of greater geopolitical significance of our relationship to China.

Mostly kidding with the substance stuff. I drink but don’t like getting drunk and marijuana really bothers me. I do have a good friend who has told me I should quit looking at the world. I think that this is supposed to have a similiar affect to throwing a few down or smoking marijauna.