This, in response to jfcates’ request:
1. Where do I stand on the eve of this war?
See here and here and here……
2. Has my position caused arguments with friends or family?
Not a one. Just take a look at my son’s weblog here.
3. Is there some other issue making me grind my teeth?
Figuring out how to psyche myself up to move myself and my 87 year old mother to a less expensive housing arrangement.
So, there you are.

We Americans are the Greeks of our day, and as we now go to war, we should appreciate not only the beauty of the tale, but also the warnings within it.
So ends “Cassandra Speaks” by Nicholas Kristof (NY Times).
Some statements from the article:
— Troy offers us three lessons about war.
— Agamemnon was the Donald Rumsfeld of his day, needlessly angering his key allies.
–Troy’s fundamental failing was not a military one.
–So, by Zeus, that third lesson from Troy is the paramount need to listen to skeptical voices.
But Bush listens to his own personal god, not to the millions of Cassandras who circle the planet in candlelight.