[The Wizard]

**And for the record, GWB already has a smoking gun showing that the 9-11 attacks were assisted by Saddam with the Salman Pak training school, and this evidence will be used to justify using the Sept 14th resolution.....

[freemama]

Not disagreeing with your analysis, but interested to know how you think the news business determined it was time to get in position?

Also, I just heard on Rush's show that the Missouri senate election is different this year in that the senator elected there in Nov. will be seated immediately because the current senator took the place of her deceased husband. If things go right, that means the senate will be Republican majority for a little while at least. Do you think GWB will wait for that to happen and then get a senate resolution passed first?

[Alberta's Child]

As a TV producer it tells me they are positioning themselves to be on air during the night, (Bagdad Time) and already have everything in place to cover what they expect to be a very short war.

So now this "war" is being treated as nothing more than a television production.

If anyone had any doubt that we are constantly being manipulated by our government and its media flacks . . .

[inflorida]

You can place your bet here:

Attack on Iraq Betting Pool

[witnesstothefall]

TV news prep has been a pretty good indicator in the past, though not a sure one. Assuming our planners are on the ball, they would've discounted for it. Surely they must realize it is easy for Sadaam to watch CNN and infer what he can. Knowing Rumsfeld's opinion of the media, I wouldn't be surprised if he directs some psyops their way as well as to the timing of the war.

[MHGinTN]

What are the new moon dates, Wizard. We own the night. You are correct about the Salman Pak training camp; I've had to recall that for too many freepers of late. The media has efficiently dodged bring back the Pak camp, in their efforts to aid and abet their democrat goons and ghouls.

[PhiKapMom]

Sure is beginning to sound like it to me as well!

[zeaal]

Thanks for the heads-up.

[Cagey]

(and the War will bost the economy as well)

Really? That's just dandy.

[Snowy]

Isn't it still too hot over there? I thought about mid November....

[Dog Gone]

About a week to ten days from now the War is going to start

I would be willing to bet quite a lot of money that you're wrong.

[princess leah]

OCTOBER SURPRISE?

[cubreporter]

Thank you for that wonderful article.

[cubreporter]

Thank you for that wonderful article.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

If the administration is coordinating a military strike on Iraq with the news media I will never vote for GW Bush or anyone on his team again.

I don't buy your arguement. JMHO.

[wildbill]

I think the signs are there--but not until after the election. Bush promised Daschle and Gebheardt that he could not pull an "October surprise" by starting the war just before the election. I don't think he'd go back on his word, absent some crucial change in the equasion.

However, the Wesnesday after the Tuesday election...

[tip of the sword]

Saddam did call a meeting of his high counsel today suspiciously..

[BillCompton]

No way. Bush has made it clear there will bo no October surprise. It would be bad politics. That's not to say there could not be some sort of incident which may accelerate the time table to before the election. If Iraq were to launch pre-emptively against Israel, Qatar, Kiwait or Saudi, we would respond quickly.

Something else explains the Dems behavoir: they know they are losing as of right now and they want to change the picture. Six weeks is a long, long time in politics.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

You may very well be right, but I think it's a little too early. It may be that they intend to start small by attacking airbases, Scuds, radar sites, etc. from the air and with specials ops. If so we can move now, with what is in place, but it's too early for an invasion.

[Austin Willard Wright]

War will boast the economy? Keynesian clap-trap! Wars depress, not "boast," the economy. Bush I's Gulf War is the most recent example but there are many others.

[cmsgop]

I agree ......By Oct 22.