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WHAT W. SHOULD SAY
New York Post ^
| 10/07/02
| MICHAEL LEDEEN
Posted on 10/07/2002 2:11:58 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:09:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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October 7, 2002 -- IT'S good news that the president has decided to talk to the nation about Iraq. We need refocusing, because there's been a lot of confusion, what with various administration officials stressing one aspect or another of the problem, and everyone from Kofi Annan to Jacques Chirac putting in his two cents' worth, and loopy congressmen racing off to audition for Jesse Jackson's old job as ambassador at small.
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posted on
10/07/2002 2:11:58 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
bump to check this list after the speech. Let's see how close Ledeen is to the mark.
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posted on
10/07/2002 4:40:10 AM PDT
by
maica
To: kattracks
Bush won't make the speech too convincing. This will be calibrated to keep the ball rolling without getting everybody up in arms. It will be more of the usual pabulum (Saddam used gas on his own people, Saddam could have nuclear weapons in six months, yada, yada, yada). Bush has his own schedule for removing Saddam, cognizant of the tools at Saddam's disposal to retaliate in the final showdown, our current unpreparedness to meet that threat, and a realistic time frame to something about it. Figure this will be timed to climax about six months before the next presidential election.
To: Dog; Howlin; Miss Marple; Sabertooth; terilyn; JohnHuang2; MeeknMing; grimalkin; MelBelle; ...
Pinging the Ledeen list.
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posted on
10/07/2002 11:45:41 AM PDT
by
Pokey78
To: kattracks
Naw, he just say "I have signed legislation outlawing Saddam Hussein, the bombing begins in five minutes."
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posted on
10/07/2002 11:47:33 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
To: kattracks
W should say "before I get into this little Iraq deal.... let me first say that I think it is a sad day when a court decides that the laws in New Jersey do not need to be followed. That the party who is behind can change candidates after the deadline and appoint someone who their own people didn't elect in the primary. I think it shows how far our system has fallen from doing what is right and fair."
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posted on
10/07/2002 11:48:11 AM PDT
by
kjam22
To: kjam22
As well as "We decided to press full charges and indict Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary and James Carville for us having to look at them when they get their ugly mugs on the tv."
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posted on
10/07/2002 12:13:27 PM PDT
by
smith288
To: The Great Satan
Should be interesting. I support your theory regarding the nature and intent of the anthrax attack, and what is going on out of public view because of it. My gut feeling is that you're incorrect about the timeframe. So, bump for later!
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posted on
10/07/2002 12:13:28 PM PDT
by
Wordsmith
To: kattracks; MLedeen
Bravo! Well said. I consider this paragraph to be a particularly essential part of the President's message.
The president should list the various terrorist groups that have received assistance from Iraq, from Hezbollah to al Qaeda - and he should rehearse the saga of Abu Nidal, including the little-known fact that Nidal created a terrorist sleeper network inside the United States.
It seems to me that if any part of the message has been lost or garbled, it is the clear link between Saddam Hussein and why we are, in fact, already at war against terrorism. The President's critics have been allowed to talk about plans to invade Iraq as if it is irrelevant to what we set out to do a year ago. They cynically accuse President Bush of only creating an excuse to do something that the senior Bush mistakenly left undone.
But if the American people are given the chance to see how central a fight against Saddam Hussein is a fight against terrorism worldwide, there will be unwavering support for the upcoming invasion.
To: Pokey78
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posted on
10/07/2002 2:42:52 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: Pokey78
Thanks for the Pokey ping. I mean...thanks for the ping, Pokey.
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posted on
10/07/2002 3:47:23 PM PDT
by
kitkat
To: Mr. Mulliner
Thanks. And he did it (although he mispronounced the bastard's name)...
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posted on
10/07/2002 7:28:33 PM PDT
by
MLedeen
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