special role of honour ...

The only downside to a Bush victory I can see is ...

those poor hosteges that are still being held.

poor buggas ...

Meanwhile here's a list of some real heroes ...

Japanese hostage Shosei Koda was confirmed killed on 31 October
Three Macedonian workers in Iraq, Dalibor Lazarevski, Zoran Naskovski and Dragan Markovic, were confirmed killed on 22 October. They were kidnapped on 21 August near Baghdad
Ramazan Elbu, Turkish, killed on October 14 according to an Islamist website posting
one unidentified Turkish hostage, killed on October 11, according to an Islamist website posting
Kenneth Bigley, British, killed on 7 October
Yilmaz Dabca, Turkish, killed on 2 October
Iyad Anwar Wali, Italian-Turkish, killed on 2 October
Jack Hensley, American, killed on 21 September
Akar Besir, Turkish, killed on 21 September
Eugene Armstrong, American, killed on 20 September
Durmus Kumdereli, Turkish, killed on 13 September
Nasser Juma, Egyptian, killed on 5 September
12 unnamed Nepalese hostages, killed on 31 August
Enzo Baldoni, Italian, killed on 26 August
Mohammed Mutawalli, Egyptian, killed on 10 August
Osman Alisan, Turkish, killed on 5 August
Murat Yuce, Turkish, killed on 2 August
Sajjad Naeem, Pakistani, killed on 28 July
Raja Azad Khan, Pakistani, killed on 28 July
Ivailo Kepov, Bulgarian, body found on 22 July
Georgi Lazov, Bulgarian, killed on 13 July
Keith Matthew Maupin, American, reportedly killed on 28 June but no official US confirmation
Kim Sun-il, South Korean, killed on 22 June
Hussein Ali Alyan, Lebanese, killed on 12 June
Nick Berg, American, killed on 11 May
Fabrizio Quattrocchi, Italian, killed on 14 April
(Source: Reuters)