I just find it fascinating that Pat Buchanan (stonch conservative) comes out and speaks his mind clearly, right before the election, and takes a position that could damage the Republican Administration. I think its because he is not "compelled to stay on message" and is deeply concerned about Bush's lack of financial discipline; ie that inflation and / or pullout by foreign payers of bonds (Chinese et all) to finance our debt may end. Remeber, $200 billion cost for this war so far.

As far as your analogy, that we're the victim (wife) and Iraq (husband) is the problem, I don't agree that the 1st choice should be to obliterate him to solve the problem, when the police (WMD Inspectors)don't have any evidence (WMD) of their being a crime. Maybe obliteration is ultimately what needs to happen, but should not be done in haste.