George,

What I find unbelievable, and disspiriting, is that the American people, i.e. ordinary folks, don't take to the steets protesting the bloodbath in Iraq which the administration tries vainly to justify.

One more thought; whoever is the nominee for the Democratic party, he will surely be an improvement over Mr. Bush - however, in my mind, the American electorate owes a special thanks to Howard Dean as he was the first to shake up the Democratic leadership, which was, when he started, if not comatose, at least very ineffectual.

Inger Kretsinger (electronic mail, February 3, 2004)