Although I am pro-war at this point, it's not as though I am dancing in the tulips about it. One of the most heartening things about President Bush's State of the Union speech was his honest admission that war always brings sorrow, destruction and unintended consequences - although I can't imagine any but the most myopic not acknowledging the salutary affect military action has had on Afghanistan, and I hope and believe will have on Iraq. But there are no guarantees and every life is precious.

In his continuing, valiant, and creative use of blogs as communication devices, NZ Bear has created a direct debate on substantive matters between those for and against the war, the Cross-Blog Iraq Debate. Be informed, ask questions, state your case.