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To: Rascal who wrote (44485)	9/17/2002 12:16:18 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I agree Rascal. I'm noting a lot of partisan maneuvering by supporters already. The essence of them: "Gee, now your side is no longer criticizing the Prez. They were hypocrites for doing so previously." Ignoring the fact that the chief criticism was he was operating solo without Congressional or international support. Also ignoring the fact that, outside of Congressional position leaders whose job it is to raise pertinent issues, the most vocal opponents came from the GOP... but the points at issue were the same. As I recall, the administration's foreign policy approach was: 1) Kill certain missile treaties with Russia to pursue Star Wars, go after Saddaam and North Korea, and expand the drug war. 2) After 9/11, it became: go after terrorists especially Al Qaida leaders who did this to us, and all nations who harbor terrorists. 3) That was modified further, to exclude the previous harbors of Pakistan and Syria and Libya, while identifying Iran, Iraq and North Korea as the big bogeymen. 4) When OBL, the Egyptian doctor (his #2) and Mullah Omar escaped apprehension, needing to put a fresh face on terror, the face became Hussein again, as it was prior to 9-11. And the message was "we'll do it with or without world support and our lawyers say we don't even have to ask Congress. Because time's of the essence with this imminent threat in Iraq." 5) Now, they've backed off the "Congress & the world be damned" approach, after being chastened by their own party leaders, veteran generals and other government leaders. "We'll show you proof when we make our case" they said, during the transition. Now, having presented nothing new that constitutes 'proof', backing off the 'imminence' a bit, and giving up the lone cowboy hero approach, it's being spun as "Isn't Bush brilliant?" To which I say "yeah, he's proven to be a master at spin" utilizing the old adage of "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull***t." Apparently, victory can be declared when one spins so much that everyone gets dizzy.