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Originally posted by bilmore
Strongly disagree with most everything.
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Pity. And here I thought we were getting close.
If someone in the Administration would say ....
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[i]Originally posted by bilmore
Yes, when we went to war we thought that the threat was more immediate than it has proven to be. We still think it was a good decision because we got that bastard dictator out.
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... then it would go a long way (hell, even with me). It reflects candor, and while I may or may not buy the overall argument, I respect much more this approach.* The Administration's consistent refusal to blurt these words -- instead insisting that they "never said that" -- leads to embarrassing performances like Rumsfeld's in Face the Nation, annoys the hell out of many people, and (I think) reflects some kind of stubborn determination to appear "resolute in the President's decisionmaking" even when it makes the Administration look foolish.
(And if Powell has said something like this, without getting subsequently bitchslapped into silence by the Administration, kudos to him. Do you remember where this was?)
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(A "redheaded stepchild riding a rented mule"?)
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Hey, S_A_M starts his drinking early in the day. Let's cut him some slack.
Gattigap
* This, by the way, was essentially the point I was trying to make weeks ago in my discussion with you, until I made the unfortunate mistake of including the word -- well, you know the word -- in my post. At that point, I think everything went red for you, and the onset of Tourette's commenced.
