[VRWC_minion]

The number of disaffected posts should be taken very seriously as a real indication of waning confidence.

It was the same before Afghanistan. All sorts of dates were thrown out. When it came no one remembered being impatient. What we found was that Bush had given his military the green light to go and it was up to them to pick the exact start time.

It is clear that strategically their is a trade off between waiting for our intelligence to gather as much hard data regarding targets, our troops getting set up along with whatever backup we need and the future weather conditions etc.

Personally, I believe the politics are not dictating our start date at this time. I believe the start date is up to the pentagon as Bush has done before.

[Bombard]

I know nothing of the website that posted this information. I do not know how valid this date is. So don't go off half cocked.

[sissyjane]

Great post about the impatience before we went into Afghanistan----BUT we went in less than ONE month after SEPT.11.( Oct. 7) We've been hearing weeks not months for longer than I can remember, and I for one have had it!!