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To: ThePythonicCow
Bush's "focus has been on Iraq, so that is where he must strike, because that is where he has the most tacit consent."

No, the media's focus has been on Iraq. Bush has condemned Iraq, Iran, and North Korea almost equally.

Consent is fine, and Bush will try to get it where he can, but he doesn't have to have it. It's our military that will do the heavy lifting, after all. We are the world's superpower. If we want a nation to cease existing, then we can do it no matter what anyone else thinks.

Nor does Bush need to consider domestic politics. 9/11 and national security is bigger than two-party politics. 70+% approval ratings don't hurt, either.

If the Democrats thought for one moment that rushing the next attack would play well politically, you would be seeing prominent Democrats acting like hungry hawks - demanding that we attack right now.

So Bush has no sense of political urgency to rush an attack. He can take all the time in the world, so long as he doesn't wait so long that the Axis of Evil obtains a weapon of mass desturction capability (at that point, "waiting" would mean that we would have to nuke them first).

America still hasn't forgotten Pearl Harbor or even the Alamo. We certainly aren't going to forget 9/11. Bush could wait to attack the Axis of Evil until 2008 and he'd still have overwhelming American support.

This war was started on their schedule, but we will fight it and finish it on the timetable of our choosing, not theirs.

And you are going to be one very frustrated soul if you keep thinking that we are going to rush fighting a war this large.

112 posted on 08/04/2002 3:46:14 PM PDT by Southack
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To: Southack
I agree that he won't rush it, certainly not for political gain. But the quickness of actions being taken so far lead to an attack in months or quarters, not years.

And waiting too long is risky in itself. I am confident that he is moving us to an attack as quickly as he can, whatever that be.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

118 posted on 08/04/2002 4:04:43 PM PDT by ThePythonicCow
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To: Southack
Attack date: September 11, 2002.
135 posted on 08/04/2002 7:35:17 PM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore
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