If he asks people "would you support us on a campaign to topple Saddam?" they'll say "no, and by the way fix the Palestinian-Israel situation first, that's the real problem now." If he says "we've already decided we're going to go after Saddam, and finish him this time, and are going to do it largely ourselves, want to come along for the ride and help shape the postwar situation?" they'll say, "ok, here's what we want [no partition, Sunni leadership, no democracy], let's do it."
I saw good analogy for this question one/question two decision point. It was compared (I forget by who) to a new DA coming into a small shop that regularly gets shaken down by the neighborhood mob. If he asked "Do you think we should go after the mob?", the answer would be "oh no, there're not a problem" because the store owner would be thinking, I'm on the front line, I'm going to get the blame, and this guy doesn't even sound sure or like he knows what he's doing. But if the DA said, "Listen, we ARE going after this guy, you want to be on the right side or the wrong side of the law?", then he'll get cooperation. |
