Put that pseudoconnection to bed once and for all.

I agree that Granada was not a threat to the US.

Re: the other wars and military actions that you mention: These were actions taken in concert with international opinion, in many cases along with international allies.

The First Gulf War was fought and ended. That was done with an international coalition.

The Second Gulf War was started on trumped-up reasons -- I'm sorry, but shooting at things you can't hit is not violating a cease-fire in any meaningful way -- and pursued for ideological reasons without international support. If you want to compare it to any liberal-led war, I think you know which one is the best fit. Hint: not World War II or Korea.

George W. Bush is a poor President. He doesn't listen to people whose opinions differ from his, and so is unfit to lead a democracy, defined by many voices which all must be heard and accounted for. He has no idea what a meaningful compromise is. His is not a liberal foreign policy. His is a policy of Manifest Destiny.

And finally, anyone who would seriously wonder why we didn't launch a nuclear strike against a whole nation because its leader did some things that offended or endangered some of our citizens, however highly placed, needs to read a book. It's called Hiroshima No Pika, a picture book that was written and illustrated by a woman who, as a little girl, survived the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Don't worry, it's short and it has lots of pictures. They aren't pleasant pictures to look at, and they are full of emotion, but you can take comfort in the fact that the people depicted are not Americans, but merely Japanese. It may help take the mystery out of "Why didn't simply turn Iraq into a glass parking lot is sometimes a bit of mystery"

Some people learn from history. May you and the President join their ranks some day.