[richwolo]

Hi Saberetooth. your analysis is very good and I agree almost wholeheartedly with all you have to say. I am however dismayed by the shortsighted so called "Hawks" on this board. I sometimes wonder how many of them are from the liberal left, and posing as Freepers on this board. Why in heavens name would a Freeper (If he really were one) be against our President and his strategic plan.

[richwolo]

To add a little creedence to my analysis on these "Single Issue Conservatives", I have done a search of replies and posts on the so called Freeper group. Most have chosen not to record previous posts????

[Sabertooth]

"I am however dismayed by the shortsighted so called "Hawks" on this board. I sometimes wonder how many of them are from the liberal left, and posing as Freepers on this board. Why in heavens name would a Freeper (If he really were one) be against our President and his strategic plan."

First, thanks for the nice words in your post.

Second, I don't think the FReeper hawks are liberals in disguise. Think about this:

The "plan" I described in post #39 is something I think I've read between the lines. For obvious reasons, it hasn't been made explicit... We can't exactly tell our enemies and our temporary "friends" who's next at the gallows. It's such a radical departure from the feckless Clinton policy, and even the Arabist inclinations of Bush the Elder.

So when President Bush the Younger says things like "Islam religion of peace" and the U.S. State Department keeps telling Israel "it's only a flesh wound," I need to take a very deep breath to keep my own blood from boiling. And I'm still not absolutely certain that our policy is clear-headed on some of these matters.

But when I'm really feeling confident in President Bush, I think he deliberately allows his base to get rattled. It serves his purposes to appear to (dare I say it) triangulate between his base and his opposition.

Keep in mind, Bush got his Masters in Business Administration, and business is about negotiation... The Art of the Deal. I've been in sales, and it's always important at the outset of a negotiation to dodge, weave, and stretch the boundaries to allow your self the most room to maneuver when it's time to close the deal.