What do you think is happening in the middle east? I'm 37, and my entire life nothing but chaos and death has come out of the middle east. We haven't ever dealt with it firmly, and we coddled kings and dictators to keep the oil flowing. Even Reagan, a president I respect more than any other in my lifetime, took the same approach. It doesn't work. It never worked, and now Bush is trying to take care of the problem. The UN is just a roadblock to any kind of decisive action. They sit around and think they're doing something just by talking and talking and talking, while the problems never get solved.

The Iraq war is not about oil, though that will be a nice side benefit. It's about changing the culture of the entire region, and it's working. That's why the UN "diplomats" are against it. Qutar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia have started holding elections. Suadi Arabia is even starting to consider something closer to equal rights for women. Libya gave up their weapons programs and invited the inspectors in, giving them unhindered access, unlike what the UN let Saddam get away with. Suicide bombings are down in Israel. Europe started leaning on Iran about their nuke program. The anti-government groups inside Iran are getting stronger. Syria is walking on eggshells because they're scared to death that they're next. Iraq is a terrorist magnet which allows our military to kill them there.

All this is a direct result of Bush not putting up with the bullshit anymore and taking drastic steps in the middle east to change things, which the UN opposed.