Two things to think about:

1. President Bush's plan for war with Iraq versus the military generals:

"Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, long before he became the commander in chief of U.S. Central, put in two tours as a company commander in Vietnam. He saw action in the Gulf War and Somalia, and has won the Defense Superior Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. On the record, referring to colleagues -- including Brent Scowcroft and Norman Schwarzkopf -- who had urged caution regarding war, Zinni said, '"All the generals see this the same way, and all those that never fired a shot in anger are really hell-bent to go to war.' To Zinni, in the combustible region -- far ahead of Iraq -- "the Middle East peace process, in my mind, has to be a higher priority. ... Winning the war on terrorism has to be a higher priority." Zinni asked, "What are we doing to support and encourage change in Iran?" He sees the United States relying upon a tactical response to terrorism. "We are treating the symptoms. ... You go after the terrorists with your military, your law enforcement agencies, (use) your financial institutions to cut off their resources." Instead, we must ask: "Why are young people flocking to these extremist causes? ... Could disenfranchisement or oppression be what drives them?"

2. President Bush's economic plan versus hundreds of economists:

CNN article: "Bush highlighted a new private-sector "blue chip" economic forecast projecting that the economy would grow in the fourth quarter of this year by 3.3 percent compared to the same period last year. Bush emphasized a portion of the report suggesting that such a level of growth depended on swift passage of his proposed tax cuts. By contrast, more than 400 economists, including 10 Nobel laureates, said last week that Bush's tax plan wouldn't help the ailing economy immediately. Instead, they predicted that it would create deeper deficits that could drive up long-term interests rates and jeopardize the economy down the road."

EPI: "The Economic Policy Institute on February 10 released a statement endorsed by 10 Nobel Prize winning and 450 other economists from around the United States criticizing President Bush's tax proposals as being fiscally irresponsible and "misdirected." The statement, revealed at a press conference hosted by the EPI and held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., was unveiled by three of the Nobel economists who oppose the Bush proposals: Joseph Stiglitz, Franco Modigliani, and Lawrence Klein. The unusually broad consensus, particularly among the Nobel Laureates, represents a grim picture of the Bush proposals because this is the first time in recent history that a signed statement has been issued by such a large group of noted economists, according to Lawrence Mishel, EPI President. A copy of the statement, along with the names of all signatories, will appear as a full-page add in the February 11, 2003, New York Times." "The top 226,000 tax filers will receive as much as 120 million filers at the bottom of the tax bracket," says Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University. "Fifty percent of tax filers will receive $100 or less, while a few at the top will receive enormous benefits."