[carpon]

My only hope is that whoever takes office has some common sense and understanding and can do a better job than the guy who is leaving Pennsylvania Avenue. After watching Panorama tonight and some of the stats that were put accross in that programme, ( Afghanistan ) I hope whoever takes over from "dubbya" has both common sense and the steel to get such issues resolved. ( i.e. Iran, North Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan; and in an ever more emerging light, the Russians)

After all, where the Yanks go we will follow. Thay are and undoubtedly will continue to be, looked upon as the "policemen" of the modern world. Indesputably, we still owe the good old U.S. of A. a great deal from when they jumped on board in the last two world wars.But one fact remains. A war, (in whatever it's auspice) cannot be fought and won on two fronts.For proof of that read throughout history.

There are times when common sense and diplomacy will work and there are times when inevitably conflict will determine an outcome to difficult situations. Whoever get's the job for Uncle Sam, I just hope they can use a bit of common and try and resolve things without unnecessary bloodshed.