Barry @ 85,

I’m slowly coming around to that point of view RE: troops in harm’s way. If we don’t intend to win, don’t have a plan, and are there only to make it seem like we’re “doing something” in the War on Man-Caused-Disasters (WOMCD), then let’s not waste any more lives. We can only hope Obama does want victory in the Middle East, but that directly contradicts his anti-war candidacy stance.

My sense was that the American public at large trusted Bush not to spend American lives unless he thought it was worth it, we were gaining something. Now… Iranian assassins sent back to Iran, the Scots releasing the Pan Am bomber…

Anyone else get the sense that our enemies have taken Obama’s measure, and found him feckless? I don’t believe there is any chance in hell the Lockerbie bomber would have been released during Bush’s presidency. This is just my sense of current events, but the U.S. is rapidly losing it’s “strong horse” status.