Sigh, again you are welcome to say what you like. My point was not about Gen. Franks. It was about the practice of Lobbying, your reaction to the thought that people that I respect would do such a thing is a bit uncomfortable.
If you look up Lobbying firms in DC you will learn there are thousands. Why? because that is how the game of influence is played. It happens on a daily basis but you do not realize it. If you would like to spend your time accusing me of slander you may, I have said repeatedly that I have no evidence that Gen. Franks has ever taken part in it. THat does not seem to disuade you from a argument I am not making.
My apologies for upsetting you, I was merley sharing a bit of information about motivational strategies in media explosions ( like this one) that many people probably didnt realize. No ill intent, just throwing out the info.
What you did do, is pull a SLICK WILLIE; you talked out of both sides of your mouth, slander Gen. Franks, and then tried to claim that you hadn't. Word games will NOT fly here.
This isn't D.C., you have NO idea just WHO is a member of FR, nor what and who they know; so save your imagined "insider" knowledge", for someone else.
No, what you were attempting to do, besides slandering Gen. Franks, is to impress the rest of us. You've failed miserably, on both accounts.