Reply #3: I know Specter would be keeping his mouth shut

[Warpy]

and I imagine gloating Freepers would be getting tombstoned here at least hourly.

I also think there would be an article buried in the newspapers about how the passport office is doing such a brisk business, "wonder why?"

As for the generals, they're just putting forth the Goldwater choice: get out now or go nuclear. Otherwise it's just a process of watching what's left of our military get cut to ribbons in somebody else's civil war.

I sincerely doubt there will be much consensus for going nuclear. It would be like trying to swat mosquitoes across several states with one Buick. It would cause a lot of damage to things we don't want to hit and not enough damage to things we might want to hit.