[Congressman Billybob]

Folks,

Y'all (and other FReepers) may have felt short changed that I hadn't done a column this week on hard-nosed politics, foreign or domestic. That lack is supplied by the column above. Please ping it out if you consider it worthwhile.

John / Billybob

[NormsRevenge]

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[Filibuster_60]

That's an excellent question, albeit one I don't think there's an easy answer to. If there's another 9/11 here on American soil, what do you expect even Bush to do? With so many troops tied down in stabilizing Iraq (a long-term project), what other country can we invade? If it turns out the terrorists were trained and recruited in a nominally allied nation (i.e. Pakistan), we're screwed. The enemy we now face is a borderless, protean entity. We've already taken out his main sanctuary and training ground (Afghanistan) and set an irresistible bait for him (Iraq). If he still manages to hit us here, we're obviously not going to pull out of Iraq - even Kerry hasn't hinted he'd do that. But what additional action can we take? I'm afraid our choices are painfully limited.

[Constitution Day]

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