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To: JDN who wrote (294076)9/8/2002 7:37:34 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 769670
 
Re: "Well, maybe so but I would think the Dems would like to end this debate before elections."

>>> I don't think they want it to drag on at all... the presence of Iraq on the headline news shows plays to Republican election chances. (Dems would much rather be talking about other things).

Re: "Right now they are coming across as the party that would rather risk American Civilian lives then risk a showdown with Iraq and possible military lives."

>>> Actually, most of the public debate has come from Republicans - including many former members of the Bush 41 administration:

Bush 41 Feared Expanded Role in Iraq
Advisers Agreed Not to Seek Regime Change

"Bush asserted in the 1998 book he wrote with Brent Scowcroft, his national security adviser, "The United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."

washingtonpost.com.