The danger for America from Bush's Presidency at this point is that a large majority of the country no longer trusts Bush, and is inclined to assume that the current drum-beating for war against Iran has no more basis than, as it turned out, did the same script when the villain was Iraq.

Bush might even be right, this time; but the country won't follow him into war a third time.

That's unacceptable. It's profoundly dangerous for America. That's why, at this point in his Presidency, Nixon retained sufficient patriotism to resign for the good of the country, because he could no longer govern a country that didn't trust him.

That was the real message of my post, Tom. It wasn't just idle sarcasm.