park. a soberness is falling over many in the party realizing we are writing checks. there is no nato. it s the u.s. the reality is, it s our men and women on the front line. we have to account for that. part of peggy s piece says this, the title is republicans return to reality. the problem with afghanistan and iraq, for that matter, is not only after ten years the efforts were inconclusive. we are spending money we don t have for aims we cannot articulate. that s it. i m sorry, that s the reality of it. that comes home to roost for everybody right now. at a time of massive weights of deficit and spending. people want to account for those dollars. you said where were republicans during iraq and you could say afghanistan as well. i would say things were