When he's right, he's right (no pun intended)

It continues to confound me that it takes Pat Buchanan to be consistently honest and open about the reasons why we're battling terrorism.

I wish more mainstream politicians could be as clear-headed and honest, instead of wrapping themselves blindly in the flag and painting every terrorist incident as a monumental clash of civilizations, with freedom-loving, God-chosen Americans on one side, and heathens on the other.

And my fellow liberals aren't getting it either when they blame conservatives for all of our foreign policy problems.

This is not to say that I think we should abandon Iraq at this point. Nor do I think that England should make any policy adjustments to cow-tow to whatever anti-Iraq sentiment people read into the recent bombings.

The biggest threat we face doesn't come from people who are naturally bred to hate freedom, and it doesn't come from conservatives in our country who'd rather shoot first and aim later- though serious harm comes from both.

COME ON, can't we all just screw our heads on straight and deal with these issues INTELLIGENTLY? Don't fuck with people, and they won't fuck with you. It's not QUITE that simple, but it's close.