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To: lurqer who wrote (26366)8/25/2003 4:11:34 PM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
No Path in Iraq Is Risk-Free for Mission or Bush's Presidency

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<<...As president, Bush has been far less flexible than he was as governor of Texas. At times in Washington, when faced with incontrovertible evidence he was barreling into a dead end, he's been willing to shift direction; Bush displayed that instinct in dropping his initial resistance to a Department of Homeland Security.

More often, he's dug in his heels even when circumstances seemingly demand a change. He's continued to push through massive tax cuts initially designed as a response to government surpluses even after the surpluses melted into record deficits. He's displayed an equally stubborn streak in continuing to nominate aggressively ideological judges he knows are virtually certain to provoke filibusters from Senate Democrats. Far more than in Texas, Bush in Washington equates resolve with rigidity...>>



To: lurqer who wrote (26366)8/25/2003 4:16:36 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
LOL!

Comparing Bush to Nixon makes it hard to take anything you post very seriously....



To: lurqer who wrote (26366)8/25/2003 4:26:16 PM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
Hegemony or Empire?
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By Niall Ferguson

From Foreign Affairs

September/October 2003

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To: lurqer who wrote (26366)8/25/2003 4:29:44 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 89467
 
A 'realistic plan' for securing Iraq and its oil <G>...

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