[smallchild]

"How can that be interpreted as anything other than "We have a war plan in place?"

Very easily.

If he said: "We have a war plan in place," it would not need an "interpretation."

[blackdog]

There are many subtleties brought forth in many, many attempts before going to war. During the period of those escallating subtleties and then overt discussions, one does not just respond to UPI reporters with "We have a war plan in place". Diplomats need a little room to work ya know.....

And FWIW any sitting president had better have a war plan in place for every dirt pile on the globe. That's his job and that's what our pentagon analysts get paid to do. Please remember that before the era of political correctness the Department of Defense was called the War Department.

[meenie]

How many other "policies" of Clinton's have we inherited in this administration? Does the campaign rehtoric of a more humble foreign policy and less peacekeeping ring any bells? It all depends on whether is "is". It is odd that these revelations had to come out standing next to Senor Fox, instead of being informed in a format in the United States.

[optimistically_conservative]

You mean analogous to when Clinton said, "I want you to listen to me. I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky. I never told a single person to lie, not a single time, never."