Something to ponder:

The Bush hawks, so fixated on making the Middle East look more like America, have made America look un-American. Should we really be reduced to defending ourselves by saying at least we don't behead people?

I wish I had thought of that line myself. But it was Maureen Dowd.

Still, that is the central point to this entire debate about America. Do we stoop as low as the terrorist who we are pursing? Do we not have a moral ground to uphold?

Maybe the born-again Christian Mr. Bush can pray on that for an answer. He certainly will not come on it on his own.