A long time ago on a thread far far away I asked Samuel why American jews are liberal–and his resonse was as always a gem.

More to the point, I think we need to let the situation in Iraq play itself out. The takeover in Samarra will replicate itself in other strongholds in the Sunnie triangle. Wretchard has long ago spelled out why the Sunni die hards cannot win. Allied military power will eventually prevail–Assuming the president wins the election.

Jerry is spot on–and I think the internals of the Gallup poll give the security hawks reason to cheer. We can all, when the time comes, criticize the President’s other agenda–but these pale in light of the immediate threat. We on this thread have often been accused of being an echo chamber–I reject that–we are focused on the war on terror which is the prime threat facing our way of life. When that threat is confronted we will, I suspect, differ widely on the other policy that face our nation.

Kerry, and the liberal “progressives” offer only warmed over and ill thought out prescriptions; none of which are viable in light of what other nations are on record as saying.

The debate did not illuminate those issues. But, I am encouraged as I read what people thought in the Gallup internals. The American public has much more good judgment that the MSM “analysists.”

They are full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing.