Mike,

I agree the invasion of Iraq as a strike-first policy does make NK scared and I complete see where they are coming from when they demand a non agression pact. But what they are offering in return is something they already gave us in a deal that they did not honor under the Clinton admin. so why should the Bush admin. believe them now.

I know I haven't been mislead by the Bush admin. I agree the intelligence before the war about Iraq's WMD was very poor, but at the time it seemed very logical from what Iraq and other world intelligence agencies were saying. But one of the reasons we went in there was that Iraq was a state sponsor of terrorism...and now it is looking like they really were.

I do agree with your reservations on the Patriot Act. I would like to see a better draft written, or amendments made to it to make it more effective, but less intrusive to the lives of good Americans.