What specifically makes you think Dubya could talk Americans into supporting a third military adventure in the Mid East to avenge the crater that is Tel Aviv?
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What makes you think Dubya would ask the American people anything in that case? This President would do what he felt necessary. He would not take a poll, get a "sense of the Congress resolution" or wait to hear what Katie Couric had to say about it.
Thats exactly right. In the case of a nuclear launch the buck stops with the Prez. He doesnt have to ask the public to launch the big ones.
I don't think Dubya would survive the political aftermath of nuking another country. He'd be run out of office. A president can't do whatever he wants. Without the support of most Americans, he is weak.