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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (19594)	8/22/2002 4:32:53 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

If he figures he can't get Congress' backing, he'd be crazy to go in. I doubt he's dumb enough to do that. But the point I was making was that once our troops have been put in the line of fire and some family's son has died horribly, he knows he'll GET congressional assent, because... guess what the reason would be then? Anything to do with critiquing policy decisions being made now?....

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (19594)	8/22/2002 4:42:34 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

LBJ had Comgress' approval and was driven from office because of his war. One of the things that destroyed LBJ was the widening recognition that the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that brought Congress behind him was fraudulent, in a significant part. If Bush doesn't have a real casus belli and attempts to do a Tonkin Gulf dealie, he'll know he has to be veerrry careful. It might be best for him to claim closely held intelligence. So closely, only a few selected C-persons could know, maybe his General Sec'y of State couldn't know, and the people sure couldn't know. We would have to trust that in his infinite wisdom GWB knew best. Also, while I'm musing, I doubt the American people would see the horrors of a Bush war on TV in the same way they saw the horrors of the LBJ war on the evening news. The media will be under tight control, I suspect. The Gulf War and Afghanistan received the most "managed" coverage of any wars in U.S. history under the new rules. But then... maybe the issues and facts will be available for Congress to debate and the American people to consider before our boys in uniform begin coming home in body bags, making anyone who questions the judgment of the administration liable to be labeled 'seditious.'