It is beyond too late to ask for patience. I'm confused about what the actual desired outcome is. At this point I don't think U.S. troops will ever get out of Iraq, and with all the positioning against Iran, we'll be in the region forever.
Jeremiah, San Francisco, California

The American people are only patient because there is no draft. Institute a draft and you'll see protests in the streets. Americans have been way too patient.
Jeff, New York

It's not too late for the impeachment proceedings to begin. Let's see: 3,200 dead, tens of thousands wounded, $350 billion wasted, our civil liberties trampled, global jihad on the rise, America now one of the most hated countries in the world. Let's get going Congress!
Bernie, Huntington Beach, California

What should be the top priority for Democrats: investigating the Bush administration or solving domestic problems?
Hello Jack, They should investigate. They should impeach. Then they can get back to governing.
Julia, Montgomery, New York

Since any attempts to solve domestic problems will be thwarted by a presidential veto that will be sustained by an all-too compliant (can you say lapdog?) minority in the Senate, the best thing that the Democrats can do is keep exposing the myriad criminal acts of the Bush administration. Too long has this arrogant group gone unabated and unchecked.
David, South Bend, Indiana

All congressmen should be concerned with making life better for their constituents. Nothing else matters. The dog-and-pony show that's going on in Washington lately is embarrassing. Those loafers need to get back to the work of running the country and stop indulging their vanity.
Bret, Chicago, Illinois

That's like asking what's more important to a senior citizen: being able to eat or take their medications. I say America needs both.
Marta, Ellijay, Georgia

What do you make of the recent string of terrorists' confessions?

The most pathetic aspect of our acceptance of torture as a means of getting information is that it taints even the truest confessions by the worst criminals and brings all "confessions" into suspicion. We will never know whether this confession is based on truth or just the words of a man desperate to stop continued abuses. There used to be a time when information gathered by US intelligence officials was universally seen as reliable. No longer.
James, Whittier, California

The confessions coming out of Gitmo remind me of Russia in the 1930s. I never thought it would happen here.
Astrid

Jack, I think it's very interesting that these confessions are coming out amid the scandal at Walter Reed and while Congress is investigating the firing of 8 U.S. attorneys. Can you say "diversion"?
Kathy, New York

Any day now, one of those Gitmo prisoners will confess to being the anthrax killer.
Barbara, Levittown, New York