[Steve_Seattle]

"Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?"

A woody? That's not the term I'd use, but I'm wondering why he's so committed to this; what principle does he think is involved?

[Oliver Optic]

I'm wondering why he's so committed to this; what principle does he think is involved?

I've been wondering the same thing, and I believe it must be this:

Rightly or wrongly, the President does not want to expand the War on Terror into a War on Islam.

Pulling this contract would take a symbolic step in that direction.