Hi paul_philp; Re: "The point was my concern wasn't that Bush lost Scott and the people who share his perspective (so I stated what I thought his perspective is). I thought I was being accurate, I had no intent to marginalize him at all."
Yes, your point: "It is not you that I wish he had spoken to. It is the people you raise doubts with that needed their confidence reinforced" was exactly correct.
Bush's problem is not with the far left. The people who have already made up their minds to support the President no matter what he does are not his problem either. His problem is with the swing vote, not the Chomskyites that loathe the military.
It's the swing votes like me that are Bush's problem. So far I haven't seen anything new. Just the usual promises to prove the Iraq case real soon now.
-- Carl
P.S. I supported the Afghan action at that time, and even, at one time, looked forward to an attack against Iraq:
Bilow, September 15, 2001
If we go to Afghanistan or Iraq, we will kick their butts. These countries are run by a few people who have deluded themselves into thinking that they can resist the military might of the West. ... This is not at all a "fair" fight. Don't worry about it. #reply-16357532
Bilow, September 15, 2001
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I wouldn't worry too much about Afghanistan. Like I said, all indications are that it will not be bloody at all. It is possible that you will see a happy mob scene similar to the one when US troops rolled into Kuwait. The Taliban has been running the country into the ground, and there's a lot of indications that they're tired of it. We'll probably let the Muslim countries take care of overseeing elections and replacing the Taliban with something democratic. Heck, Turkey is a Moslem country, and they've been in NATO for decades. You could be booking a vacation in Kabul summer after next. #reply-16357787
Bilow, September 17, 2001
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All in all, I think this is being handled amazingly well. I hope that I will not have to eat these words. #reply-16366078 |
