No, they actually mean "Marshal" law. That is why Bush likes dictators when they are "pro-West." Bush likes them pro-Wild-West so Musharraf had his goons dress up modeled after watching Gunsmoke. He's crazy like a fox and know what floats Bush's boat. So we have a bunch of Pakistanis dressed up in Western garb spitting in to spitoons all over the place. Bush keeps trying to get the Iranian President to wear a black hat so he can then declare him a "bad guy" - without that hat it is too difficult for him to keep straight but Israel is there to tell him who the enemies of the US are....

Vote for Ron Paul??? Evidently there are a few posters here who have joined Dr. Paul in spending too much time in the medicine cabinet. But then I suspect that Huckleberry was the inspiration for the TV show; My Name Is Earl. The people of Iowa must believe they are so insulated from the rest of the world that foreign policy and illegal immigration are irrelevant Once again, Hope gives us none.

Ron Paul is the most intelligent and honest Republican candidate running (besides maybe Tancredo). Our intervention in the Middle East is what has fueled the religious extremism the neocons use as an excuse to intervene. Action-reaction. The other candidates are for the sheeple - and notice how they shift to whatever candidate the MEDIA tells them is winning? Some support, huh? Ron Paul supporters don't do that.

Support Ron Paul - tell the mainstream media to get stuffed.

"Our intervention in the Middle East is what has fueled the religious extremism"

This is just how ignorant the Paulistas are. Ron Paul is not Republican, he is Libertarian. And the Islamic extremists have been at war with the West for 1,400 years. And, if the Paulistas can remember, they attacked us long before we returned the favor in the Middle East. Remember the 1st WTC bombing? The USS Cole? The various Embassy bombings? The Achille Lauro? The attack on Israel in 1947? The Ottoman Empire?

The breadth and depth of the ignorance of Paulistas is astounding.

Not only the Pakistanis but also Muslims from India who have received extensive training in Terrorism from ISI for terrorism in India and can easily use their training in any part of the world.An embargo on all Muslim immigration will be a good move for safety of our country.

If Huckabee has no chance to win the nomination, then why is he so high in the polls across the nation and doing well in key states? Those who say Huckabee has no chance to win the nomination are simply ridiculous. Huckabee has an excellent chance to win with a solid majority of Christian conservatives behind him. And I hope he does win. The rest of those running don't hold a candle to him.

Funny how the anti-christian bigots raise their heads anytime Huckabee's name is mentioned. He goes hunting... "he's a wacko Southern Baptist...".

The blatant ignorance of some in our country continues to astound me.

You can always tell when the Romney & Paul supporters are roaming the web to find a blog to spread their smear Clintonian tactics of half truths and baseless innuendos around.

Catch a clue... the politics of destruction are OUT. You are only hurting your own candidate by doing so.

JD islamic fundimentalist's have NOT been at war with the west for 1400 years. Thats downright BS. Any problems that come out of the middle east you can rest assured we did something to start. Read your nations history and you'll see, we've stirred the hornets nest everytime we've been stung.

Does anyone really think that Iowans represent US popular opinion? Of course Hucklebiblethumper will win the state caucus- it will mean nothing when it comes to the nomination. The RNC knows that putting him on the ticket would be about as smart as turning over Pakistan to the taliban.....

"islamic fundimentalist's have NOT been at war with the west for 1400 years. Thats downright BS. Any problems that come out of the middle east you can rest assured we did something to start. Read your nations history and you'll see, we've stirred the hornets nest everytime we've been stung."

Really? Mohammed didn't lead his forces against the native Christian and Jewish peoples of the Middle East? The Caliphs didn't wage war and terror, conquering as far west as Spain? And all this was long before the Crusades. Moslems were defeated outside Vienna in 1529 and turned back from conquering Europe until now. The Islamic Ottoman Empire is known for being the most sadistic and efficient at horrific tortures. And it was Islamic pirates who attacked our merchant ships in the Med and Jefferson sent the Marines to stop it - in the First Barbary War (1801–1805).

Again, Paulistas revel in their ignorance.

JD -

I was about to come to the defense of your comments, but you did just fine. If you haven't read it, you might want to pickup Power, Faith & Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren. It is quite educational.

There are a lot of good reasons to dislike Huckabee for the GOP nomination. The fact that he is/was a pastor should not be one of them. Leave that bigotry for the Dems.

Everything the voters need to know about Huckabee's foreign policy experience came from Huckabee's own flapping mouth: "I'm not an expert...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express". He even stated he wanted to 'apologize' in his remarks regarding Bhutto's death. He's a complete moron.

Huckabee again shows his liberal side by finding a way to pander to women.
He says:
"She (Bhutto) represents a threat to Islamic fundamentalists in that as a woman, an educated, sophisticated, strong, capable woman leader, that does pose a threat to those that don’t believe a woman should not be given that platform and that level of equality."

Gimme a break! As if had Ms. Bhutto been a man she would not have been a target of the Islamo-fascist.

The reaason that the Islamofascist saw Ms. Bhutto as a threat is because she had said repeatedly that she would confront al Queda and the Taliban in Pakistan and destroy them.

Huckabee is a sheep in wolf's clothing.

Huckleberry for president!

Have you ever noticed that you never see Gomer Pile and Huckleberry at the same time? I think the Huckster IS GOMER PILE!

DUH We already moniter Pakis coming in to the Country. It is called NSEERS registration. Not that it does any good. They check in and then are on there way to anywhere they want.

JD -

"And the Islamic extremists have been at war with the West for 1,400 years."

Like I said, our interference in their countries is fueling the religious EXTREMISTS. Sort of like how the Communist attempts at intervention caused the ANTI-Communist reaction (which caused another reaction among the Liberals.)

What do you mean war with the "West"? they have declared war with a Cardinal direction? Western civilization is threatened by statism more so than some muslim boogeymen - in fact, that is the WAY in which statism is being spread! We've always been at war with Eurasia, right, JD. What a sucker you are.

"Remember the 1st WTC bombing? The USS Cole?"

Do you remember the USS Liberty? The Lavon Affair?

Zionism is more of a problem. I don't see Muslims on the Fed. Reserve Board, in the Senate, the SCOTUS, or in the Administration, but I sure see a lot of Zionists. And as a result, we have non-stop war for Israel which is CAUSING this reaction you are so worried about. Fight the cause, not the symptoms.

"The attack on Israel in 1947?"

Ah, you reveal who you are. Who are you loyal to, the US or Israel, eh?

zqll -

You didn't get your fax from your neocon leaders. You got the nutty "islamofascist" buzzword down (though the judeonazis in Israel are more worthy of their title.) But Michael Savage says it was Butto that was the supporter of the eeeevil terrorists and Musharraf that was the best friend the US has ever had. You guys need to get your lies straight.

I don't know if I'm sarcastic enough to post on this blog.

90% of the citizens of this great country have no interest in what's going on in Pakistan and Huckabee's success reflects that. It's still impressive that he's doing so well considering how meager his campaign has been.

Vote McCain.

Sam -

How can you support McCain after what he tried to pull with Amnesty for illegal aliens? Maybe you were being sarcastic....

Huckabee has even more to worry about now that he's been put on the 2007 Judicial Watch list of most corrupt politicians!