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To: stockman_scott who wrote (60626)	12/8/2002 4:27:36 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

"Everyone in this town who claims to know the president's mind says he is determined to finish off the Saddam weapons-of-mass-destruction problem and the regime," said Fritz Ermarth, who was chairman of the National Intelligence Council under the first President Bush and is now a resident at the Nixon Center. Still, he added: "We are at a colossally important milestone. How this plays out is extremely important for the international order, for the credibility of the United States as a power and as a consensus-leading power, or not." Isn't today some kind of Bush deadline?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (60626)	12/8/2002 4:45:56 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Let's hope there's another exit, unless Bush plans to implement war despite public outcry, overriding the populace as Hermann Goehring once stated: Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

To: stockman_scott who wrote (60626)	12/9/2002 3:51:36 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi stockman_scott; Re: "The hawks in the administration are nervous, some observers say. "They are nervous that he will not pull the trigger," said Michael McFaul, a professor of political science at Stanford University who has advised the Bush and Clinton administrations on Russian policy. "They thought they were in the driver's seat," he said, "and now they are panicked" because they agreed to drive Bush to the United Nations, which is now in charge on the ground in Iraq. War could still break out, but Ermarth, asked to assess the odds, said, "By a hair, I would bet that things get dragged out." But there is always the winter after next." It's very difficult for me to read these kinds of statements in the press without drifting into "gloat mode". I hope you guys will forgive me. -- Carl