L3 – a pleasure to find you sir.

As to the matter of Mr. West, Mr. Rumsfeld et. al.: The recent disclosure by the NYT of the decision making process in the WH discloses that GWB is the decider. I believe that an historical analysis will show that the conduct of the Iraq conflict will compare quite favorably with previous conflicts. The proof is in the pudding. We are winning. I won’t say we have won only because a certain brother in law would hound me for the rest of my days if things turned around.

As to Ms. Palin: Let’s have this discussion in about a month. Is she the new Geraldine or the new Ronnie? Fascinating. Most interesting election for me since 1952.