One of the reasons we came to the States is to diversify, and not be reliant on Iraq as a source of funding, because — let's face it — eventually that has to go away.

One of the reasons we came to the States is to diversify, and not be reliant on Iraq as a source of funding, because — let's face it — eventually that has to go away.

President Bush had an opportunity tonight to say, 'Look ... things aren't going very well in Iraq and we did make some miscalculations and misjudgments there,' but he is so stubbornly arrogant -- he just sticks with that same formula that he has in talking about the war on Iraq that just defies the reality that we all see on the ground.

The last time the U.S. went to war with Iraq, the S&P dropped by 10 percent, the Dow by 10 percent. This issue is an artificial injection into the economic scenario that is hopefully a one-time affair. But it creates a lot of turbulence and sends people running for cover.

Our equipment carries supplies to the Persian Gulf and then it's on other ships into Iraq. That's a common practice in the shipping industry. I'm not aware that we have people on the ground in Iraq.

I have another son that's in Iraq right now. So, it's not all the way over for us. But, if we can taste victory this time, I know it will come for us next time.