It's getting ugly....

There is definitely a surge of scary stuff happening right now. The latest is that Israel, who had to make a stand against Hamas, in now headed for war with Hezbollah. (Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers).

This along with:
North Korean missiles and Japan discussing preemptive attacks
Iranian nuclear weapons program
Difficulties in Afghanistan
Terror in India
Hard times in Baghdad
Another terror plot on Manhattan following the Miami cell bust

Things are looking bleak. Time to get tough and remember that we are at war with evil.

Evil:
North Korean - Starving a million of its citizens
Iran - Wants to wipe Israel from the face of the earth
Afghanistan - mired in the Stone Age
Baghdad - Civil war
Manhattan/Miami - They still want to kill us

I don't think President Bush has gone soft, though. There's a lot of talk about how he is pushing negotiations when The Bush Doctrine says that we don't wait if there is a threat. I believe he will still act if there is a threat. He will not hesitate even though he has been lambasted over Iraq. He is true to the belief that his #1 job is to protect America. If/When he believes we are in danger from North Korea or Iran, he will take action. Until then, he will pursue a peaceful solution as we did with Iraq. The short-term memory society (STMS) forgets that we negotiated with Saddam for 11 years before we had to act. We are doing the same with North Korea and Iran. If we do have to act, I don't expect this STMS to remember his efforts to negotiate. The bottom line is that he doesn't care what the STMS thinks. He is doing what is right. He's trying to solve is peacefully. And he's trying to make regional parties take responsibility for their neighbors so that the US doesn't have to play the role of World Police. Give him credit. Give him time. He will protect.