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Can anyone else see the handwriting on the wall.

Not necessarily. I believe it is likely that much of what we hear is not at all what it seems. If we believe that there is disagreement, uncertainty and foot dragging, so must our enemies. I think things are being played so close to the vest that we will all be surprised.

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My thinking is that the current President Bush, having been presented with all this conflicting advice, will eventually turn to the former President Bush on how to proceed.

I really do not know how we should proceed, but I believe the elder Bush will counsel, what else, "prudence." Wouldn't be prudent to do otherwise.