You're making my case for me, thank you very much. You see, Discussing An Intention is a far, far cry from Talking About A Plan For Months!
To say "I'd sure like to go on a Hawaii vacation someday" is to Discuss An Intention. Yes, Bush has been doing that.
But it's only when you explain how you will do it - that you will save X dollars per month, that you will ask your boss for vacation time between Dates Y and Z, that you plan to fly on such-and-such Airline, that you make plans to call this or that travel agency or real estate agent about accomodations... that's what I would call Talking About A Plan.
The problem here is that Bush hasn't even come close to doing the latter, yet you and certain other people are so eager to voice your anti-war opinions that you jump the gun and pretend that he has. I'll ask again, if he's Talked About His Plan so much, then what the heck is it? Can you tell me any details whatsoever about their plan? No.
So how is it that you, and others, can magically divine enough details about the "plan" that you can actually criticize it, and call it (to use the author's word) "dubious", for crying out loud? Can you explain this to me? Because it still makes no sense whatsoever.
I'll try to say it briefly and more pointedly: Just where the hell do you get off criticizing a "plan" that you don't know jack squat about?
Implicit in those statements is the concept that there must be some sort of plan...
Perhaps, but until you know what this "some sort of" plan is, then where the hell do you get off criticizing it? Aren't you embarrassed to do so?
Sheesehhh, what an idoit!
Heh... no, I just can't say it, you're making yourself too much of an easy target.
Boy, it's really easy to get you defensive, isn't it?