Sirius – Just to ack that you’re right re yr recollection of Afghanistan and a good part of the academic left…I remember forwarding on a post from a Catholic missionary trying to communicate with pacifists over here telling them NOT to freak re bombs over Kabul – the good Sister was trying to explain (amidst the hard rain) that it had to be done…Still there were some libs who were ok on Afghanistan – Springsteen (who of course became Kerry’s troubador) comes to mind…