[Jeff Chandler]

W has been reluctant to invest any political capital on anything in his presidency so far. I think he needs to put all his chips on the table on this issue, or the war on terrorism will be dead in the water.

[185JHP]

Using the word "war" for an effort doesn't mean that's what it is. It can be merely a rhetorical construct for a half-baked girly-man kind of a thing. There's a thing about a war that you can depend on - there's going to be collateral damage. Unwillingness to tell people that reveals you're not being honest.