Howdy Y'all,

GrinKyle, that's cool(no pun intended..lol ) that yer so close to me .

Anubis,you claim that "dissent=death row",is that a figure of speech,or have I missed the mass executions of all of the anti-wars ? Perhaps yer referring to the muslim-jihadists,who expressed their 'dissent',by attacking and destroying the WTC on 9/11/01 ?

Gandalf,you bring up an important point-that being that we should never underestimate the cunning of the enemy..we need to be mindful of such and even consider that the iranian leadership,is gitting advice and perhaps material support,from the russians on how to deliver a sucker-punch to the West.

Part of understanding the enemy,is learning what it is,that motivates them and what their final objectives are,a major part of that motivation is something that can't be reasoned with or appeased,that being religious motivators.

Have a good one ...