Reply #29: Aside from the saliva, you mean?

[DancingBear]

(sorry, very disturbing visual in that header line)

This is what scares me about your logic in this case. I can not go along with "the devil you know" here, because the results will be terrifying.

Wolfie and Perle have their spots picked out already - they wouldn't have gotten the nod. Rice, however, is the "pet" of this admin, so she lucked out. But let us look at the ramifications here. As previously stated, she is the face of the Iraq war to millions around the world, especially the Muslim communities in the Middle East. To have her represent the U.S. abroad in a diplomatic(!) role is literally telling the thousands of dead Iraq civilians "too bad, Big Bad George is ruling the roost now." The resulting increase in those who look to destroy the United States will be uncountable, both in Iraq and in other nations who are now (or soon will be) sympathetic to the jihad.

This is why today was so important, and why I feel we failed so miserably. I hope I can at least get that point across, and that I wasn't an ass in doing so.

(Off to dinner, lest Mrs. DB say bad stuff. But I shall return...)