"I despair" writes a leftist; "Barack Obama seems to be no wiser or smarter than George W. Bush"

I despair.

Another believer in leftist fairy tales, George Fink of Southbank, Australia, laments that "President Barack Obama seems to be no wiser or smarter than George W. Bush" and, within one month of his chosen one's assuming the mantle of the White House, is already looking to… the next presidential election!

President Barack Obama seems to be no wiser or smarter than George W. Bush. What on earth is the aim of this seemingly mad exercise?

More troops in Afghanistan will not lead to the capture of Osama bin Laden; they will just kill more innocent Afghan people. The U.S. has no hope of subjugating the Afghans. The British and Russians failed — and so will the Americans. Perhaps it will be left to the next president to withdraw bloodied and dispirited U.S. troops in 2013.

Another interesting letter on the same page, by Paul Isaac, concerns the plight of Iraq's Assyrian Christians…