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To: Alighieri who wrote (194055)	7/11/2004 10:43:58 PM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576866

That's because it requires objective interpretive skills Something perhaps we were both lacking from different angles. Chapter after chapter of deceipt and pre-ordainment, dating back to 1998, when cheney and the neos with which bush filled his administration hijacked the presidency. Not exactly objective, and , to my recollection, not even covered in the book! Franks and his staff had to work on it full time, while they are trying to conduct a man hunt in Afghanistan Franks and his staff are not out there trying to catch OBL...they are administrators, and this is their job. Implying this had any impact whatsoever on the hunt for OBL is a stretch IMO. early 2002, bush goes to Europe and lies to chirac and shroeder by telling them that there is no war plan. The whole idea of telling everyone there is no war plan while they are working on a war plan is pure politics. If you tell anyone there is a war plan, the diplomatic route is closed. If you don't create a war plan, then your are blowing smoke like the last 12 years. I guess it's kindof like Chirac telling us they would support military action in the UN one day and saying "nothing justifies war" the other. Nice "allies". Powell is beside himself for inability to get his message across. The saudis know of the iraq attack before he does. Powell changed his mind of his own accord. Agreed on the saudis, that shouldn't have happened. All along, he is telling the country and the world that war is his last resort....but inspectors have to leave the country because war must go on on bush's timetable. War _was_ his last resort. Hussein could have cooperated, or left the country, he did not do either. Inspectors leaving is nothing. By that time it was completely obvious to anyone who was not an appeaser that Hussein was not cooperating. He was playing his usual game and counting on the UN to back off as usual. Hussein had his chance to cooperate, and it's not feasible to park our army on his border for almost a year if we miss our timeframe. See South Africa for a model of cooperation. Had he behaved like them, war would have been averted. War was his last resort, yet he was going to solve the problem. There are many who would ignore the problem (whatever the future cost) to avoid dealing with it. Bush is not one of those. To each his own... Brian