Having gotten this former message off my chest (while vainly attempting to establish my objective credentials- a futile effort indeed), I'd like to revive the feud of the previous argument if I may. I must admit, to this untrained eye, there exists a stark contrast between Bush et al.'s peri-war and post-war actions. Currently, I feel a loss of urgency, moral outrage, attention to detail, and will to resolve about the declining Iraq situation then when they were hell-bent on removing Saddam from power. Perhaps I'm seeing it wrong but the general psychological climate smells of resigned fatalism about the current U.S. soldiers, the Iraqi people, and post war reparation. If my perception is accurate, then, whether one was for or against the war, I believe we all have something to be up in arms about. We have a moral imperative to ease the suffering of war-torn Iraq and our brave peace-keeping soldiers (lord knows what mental attrition to which they're being subjected) with the same assiduity that we had in deposing Saddam.

Does anyone else care to share their take on this?