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To: LindyBill who wrote (77883)	2/26/2003 5:24:40 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 281500

wag the dog ? :-)

To: LindyBill who wrote (77883)	2/26/2003 6:27:22 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Bush will win no matter how the invasion and occupation goes> What happens if, a year after we have occupied #3Iraq (and #4 N. Korea? and #5-7 Iran, Syria, Libya......?), the terrorist attacks are still happening? Maybe even getting worse, because of all the new recruits for Al Queda? At that point, maybe U.S. public opinion will be about where it was after the 1968 Tet Offensive. We won that battle (in the Conventional sense), we held the ground, but our WillToFight was eroding fast.

To: LindyBill who wrote (77883)	2/26/2003 7:42:22 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

A thought just hit me as I read your post. If we get attacks here by Terrorists when we liberate Iraq, you can forget the next Presidential election. I agree. Whenever they come, if they come, those attacks would always increase support for the party in power. Moreover, because the Dems have not made a serious opposition case to the war as likely to increase US vulnerability that makes it even more likely. My wife and I watched Howard Dean being interviewed on the Lehrer show last night. He did very well despite a very oddly done interview from Gwen Ifill. If he continues to do well, there could be three serious contenders for the Dem nomination--Dean, Kerry, and Gephardt. Lieberman continues to strike me as too noncombative and too centrist for the primaries.