re: Dean & Mars do not compile a decent topic to begin with . . .
. . . ergo, all I did was make the topic more lively. If you wish to speak of U.S. politics on the Space page, you should be prepared to expect terrorism, Iraq, and Europe to be involved.
Iraq was not connected to terrorism, before.
A patently false claim, but who really cares. The fact is that today Iraq is unquestionably connected to terrorism, and U.S. activity in Iraq steers terrorists away from Europe, regardless of how you feel about it.
Dan