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To: combjelly who wrote (305917)	10/10/2006 3:10:28 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574430

I think Bush doesn't want to do anything to ratchet DOWN the fear and paranoia level, if anything he wants to ratchet it UP. The fear card is really all he has right now - it's the entire basis of his "governance".

To: combjelly who wrote (305917)	10/10/2006 3:51:58 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574430

Bob Woodward’s Fantasy By Macranger on 9/11 Michael Leeden at NRO’s The Corner: “There doesn’t seem to be much interest in Woodward’s book here, and for good reason. Anyone who thinks he knows what other people are thinking, especially in situations he didn’t witness—which is after all what most all Woodward books are all about—is not to be taken seriously. I haven’t read a Woodward book since I reviewed his thing on Casey, which famously contained an account of a sort of conversation he claimed he had with the stroke-stricken director of central intelligence in the hospital. Woodward was scheduled to go on Nightline, and earlier that day Ted Koppel called me and asked what I would ask Woodward. “Ask him to describe the room,” I said. “You know, what was Casey wearing? Were there lots of flowers? What color were his pajamas, that sort of thing…” And Koppel did. And Woodward froze, deer-in-the-headlights. Then he said he couldn’t discuss it because it would “reveal sources.” He couldn’t discuss it because he wasn’t there. He was the source himself. I’m not going to read this one either. Nuff said.

To: combjelly who wrote (305917)	10/11/2006 2:40:59 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574430

.e. exactly the same simplistic world view that had the Iraqi's throwing carpets of rose petals before they got on with the serious job of building a democracy. I don't see the North Korean people rising in rebellion. There is an outside chance there might be a coup if things got bad enough. But it is hard to see how things could get all that much worse than they have been. With the increasing trade with China, things have actually improved somewhat. Apparently, 2 million people died of hunger in the 1990s and there was no coup. Have you seen the videos coming out of NK? Routinely, people can be found dead along the side of the road or along the sidewalks. People just walk around them. NK looks sort of like a Brazilian favela without the people........actually Havana is more apt. Bare cement, paint peeling, few flowers, antiquated structures, etc. If the people haven't risen up by now, I don't think they ever will.