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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (8702)11/2/2001 9:08:39 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I think they're just trying to cover their a** in a no-win situation. They have suggestions that something's afoot, but no specifics. What are they s'posed to do? If they say nothing, and an attack takes place, they'll get reamed for not warning anyone. If they give us an non-specific warning and nothing happens, then they've cried wolf unnecessarily. If they warn and there is an attack that succeeds despite their warning, because they had no details, they'll be criticized for not warning *enough* or more thoroughly.

I honestly don't see what they can do under the circumstances other than almost exactly what they are doing. And we don't know, and maybe never will, if the simple fact of their warning may not have already served as a deterrent and aborted something that actually would have otherwise taken place. Surely they'll get no credit for it if that's actually the case.

I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. They're not going to "look good" no matter what they do...even if they succeed.
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