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Sometimes good countries are so traumatized by events that they lose their bearings and embrace bad leaders.

When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

In some countries that are darlings of the West, like Egypt, everyone knows the result of national elections years in advance: The man in power always wins. In others, like Saudi Arabia, the very idea of an election is unthinkable.

Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments - to direct the use of resources. Allowing the government to pick winners and losers hurts almost everyone, especially our poorest citizens.

Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.

I believe our inability to achieve victory stems mainly from having lost sight as a nation of what it means to win.

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.