Bernice:   Yes, that's what I meant.  I think term limits would be a good thing.   I think we'd stand to gain more than we'd lose.  Sure we'd lose the more experienced ones but those are the ones that seem to do whatever they like regardless of public opinion.   And new blood is always good.

As for civil servants, I suspect V was playing on the word "servant" as often service is not what we get from the govt but red tape etc.  Many civil servants are simply government loopholes one must jump through.  But I agree with you that voting for them would be crazy.  ;)

(V):   Do you mean an investigation of the events leading up to the war in Iraq?  If a trustworthy investigation could be conducted, I wouldn't oppose that.  But what can be accomplished by it?

I'd rather see a complete revamping of the US's foreign policy with respect to military presence in other countries.  We have plenty of probems on our own soil and ought to be attending to those first.  I don't know what a good Foreign policy would look like but I think we can do much better.