NEOCONS, ATTACK!: One of the features of the contemporary neoconservative temperament that most irritates people of a wide variety of views is the compulsion to win every single goddam argument, no matter how ridiculous the contortions they have to put themselves through to do it. Where's the sense of proportion? Why not just say: "Yeah, we screwed up on this looting thing, but you have to put it in perspective, and the net effects of the war looks good overall." That "conservatives" are mouthing excuses for rioting that Jesse Jackson would be ashamed to use is a disgrace. Thank you, iSteve.