the diane rehm show this morning had a very sharp bbc person named - can this be right? - katty kay. anyway, with regard to bush liberating al the world from oppressors, she said: "i wonder whether if i were living in saudi arabia, or china, or uzbekistan, or darfur, i would have woken up this morning with new hope." indeed. and you don't get to call yourself an idealist etc until you at least try to apply the principles you are professing consistently. otherwise you're a hypocrite, or an opprtunist, but no idealist.