Read this Boston Globe editorial

If you read one editorial today (besides the ever-shrill Paul Krugman), make it this one by James Carroll. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/ oped/articles/2005/02/01/train_wreck_of_an_election/ It may be the best summary of the current status of American foreign policy and what is likely to be the lack of any long term beneficial impact from the recent "election".