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I turned on the program only in time to hear Mr. Klein's last comments, regarding the calls for "impeachment" by some Democrats and others. He responded to Brian's reference to the recent Bill Moyers program featuring Bruce Fein and John Nichols, in which they laid out their very clear arguments as to not just the desirability, but the NECESSITY to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney. Klein obviously had not seen the Moyers program, or he chose to ignore it if he did see it; he said "If you impeach Bush, you're left with Cheney!" as if that trumped any further discussion. But of course a key aspect of the movement to impeach is that they BOTH be impeached; if anything, Cheney is the greater architect of this administration's ruinous and unlawful, unConstitutional policies.

Klein seems to see this as mere political jockeying for advantage, and, sadly, this may what it is for many...hence the failure so far of the Democrats to do their duty to the nation. But, mere politics aside, we have in office a lawless administration that has committed war crimes--the "greatest" war crime, according to the Geneva Convention, of waging a war of aggression against another nation--and has, moreover, gone a long way to rendering null and void the entire Constitution in pursuit of their policies.

If the Democrats take seriously their sworn oaths to uphold the Constitution, they MUST move to impeach Bush and Cheney, the political consequences notwithstanding. (Given how many Americans support impeachment, though, I think the result would be politically salutory for the Democrats.)

I was so thrilled to hear Mr. Klein speak the truth about the real threats being Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. When will people wake up and see that the more we arms we give Pakistan, the more they will be used against Americans?

Mike from New Jersey, Brian had Bill Kristol on last week. As far as Iraq goes, if Mr. Kristol doesn't represent the "other side" of the story, I don't know who does.

Why do the Democrats not refer to the war in Iraq as "Nation Building"

BRIAN, WHO ARE YOU PUTTING ON TO GIVE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS STORY?

OR ARE WE SAYING THIS GENTLEMAN REPRESENTS BALANCED JOURNALISM?

Mr. Bush and his followers need to understand that the reason to leave Iraq has nothing to do with the fact that the effort is failing.

The reason to leave Iraq is that Bush cannot be allowed to continue using America's resources for his own political and ideological gain.