What if we were attacked domestically by Red China, Cuba and others who hate us at the same time? -------------------------------------------------------------- Brothers: If my feeble memory serves, it wasn't too long ago that our chief executive and Donald Rumsfeld, while drumming up support for war in the Mid East, made comments about the axis of evil. Didn't they mention something over a dozen nations in the Axis of Evil? When questioned about whether we were going to fight all these wars at once, Ari F., Mr. Rumsfeld, and General Franks replied we would prioritize and face one at a time. The Hubris with which they confidently spoke of "going it alone" in those days is gone. Thankfully, the President has been able to put together something of some support from other nations. He has moderated his speech and now talks of getting multi-national support, and that war is not inevitable. However. Since he threw down the gauntlet, perhaps it is too late to avoid war. Korea has stood up and confessed to developing atomic weapons at a moment when we are looking toward Iraq. The question now is, do we really want to refight the Korean War? The Indonesian terrorists have taken a stand. Do we want a two or three front war? How about a dozen front war? The listing of the states that allegedly harbor and support terrorists only invited simultaneous uprising because it doesn't take great insight to figure out we can't root out all the evil doers in the world at the same time. It becomes obvious that the new century could be as bloody as the last. By putting out an "enemies list," by saying that we have the right to strike first, our chief executive has accomplished part of what he intended: he has struck fear in the heart of his enemies. That, of course means that we are stuck with results of being feared. One predictable result is that people who fear us will strike out when we are occupied with Iraq. Reread these lines from the State of the Union address: <snip> "Our military has put the terror training camps of Afghanistan out of business, yet camps still exist in at least a dozen countries. A terrorist underworld -- including groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Jaish-i-Mohammed -- operates in remote jungles and deserts, and hides in the centers of large cities. While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere. We now have troops in the Philippines, helping to train that country's armed forces to go after terrorist cells that have executed an American, and still hold hostages. Our soldiers, working with the Bosnian government, seized terrorists who were plotting to bomb our embassy. Our Navy is patrolling the coast of Africa to block the shipment of weapons and the establishment of terrorist camps in Somalia. My hope is that all nations will heed our call, and eliminate the terrorist parasites who threaten their countries and our own. Many nations are acting forcefully. Pakistan is now cracking down on terror, and I admire the strong leadership of President Musharraf. (Applause.) But some governments will be timid in the face of terror. And make no mistake about it: If they do not act, America will. (Applause.) Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction. Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th. But we know their true nature. North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens. Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom. Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted