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There seems to be some disagreement out there on just how much the United States spends on its military in comparison with the rest of the world. According to James Surowiecki, the New Yorker's business columnist, it's more than the rest of the world combined. Others are not quite so hyperbolic, but the point is, no matter how you slice it, we spend an awful lot. We waste an awful lot, too.

Then there was the recent Democratic primary in Connecticut. Iraq war supporter Joe Lieberman lost to the anti-war candidate Ned Lamont. So in a blue state not all that far from Ground Zero, support for the war has certainly ebbed.

And then there's Israel and Lebanon. Israel knew she had a hostile militia on her border, but apparently didn't know how well armed and financed that army was. Or did know, and decided to attack "disproportionately" before it got any better armed and financed. In any case, this latest showdown was no Six-Day War. Israeli soldiers died in significant numbers, and Hezbollah's Sheik Nasrallah was warning Arabs to get out of Haifa before he went hog-wild with his weapon of choice -- Katyushas manufactured in Iran. Those Soviet-designed rockets are sufficiently destructive, relatively inexpensive and easy to manufacture. Now much of Lebanon is in "déjà vu" ruins, Hezbollah has gained new credibility and the Israeli public is wondering what went wrong.