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  •  that's easy. (4.00 / 5)

    burn another reichstag.

    Headline coming soon to a news service near you:

    "US AGENTS THWART SECRET IRANIAN NUKE ATTACK"

    follwed by

    "RICE DISMISSES IRANIAN DISAVOWALS, CITING INTELLIGENCE"

    followed by

    "ASSASSINATION OF IRAQ OFFICIAL TIED TO IRAN"

    followed by carpet-bombing. And the draft.

    It's called the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. - G. Carlin

    by RabidNation on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 03:38:46 AM PDT

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    •  Wouldn't matter (none / 0)

      First of all, Bush has never made the case for a draft, second, unless there was a terrorist attack on the US, no American is going to send their kid to die because Allawi got assassinated.

      These folks went to the well one too many times. Nothing Bush says will be regarded as credible. This is the draft, taking kids out of college and sending them to Iraq. Bush will have to make more of a case than something he said.

      Oh yeah, the 100,000 Iranian soldiers going for Baghdad might be a problem. See, don't forget Iran has a bunch of options, ending with a massive crossing of the frontier in combination with a Shia uprising.

      by stevegilliard on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 07:31:12 AM PDT

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      •  you're being (none / 1)

        way too reality-based.

        remember who we're dealing with here: a man whose mental screen is constantly re-running "davey and goliath" cartoons, surrounded by a phalanx of sycophants trying to curry favor by outdoing each other in extremism.

        It's called the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. - G. Carlin

        by RabidNation on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 12:24:49 PM PDT

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    •  Bush is used to (4.00 / 2)

      starting over from zero after digging himself a deep hole.  I'm sure he considers it his birthright.  It's been true with every business venture.  It's been true with his ne'er-do-well past after being born again.  He's made it clear that he considers his election to a second term a clean slate for him and his in terms of any Iraqi criticsim.  And remember his mantra: 9/11 changed everything.  Do you really think he won't repeat that with: the thwarted Iranian nuking changed everything?  Iran's assassination of Iraqi official changed everything?  Or heck, just change his tune tomorrow and deny he had ever said everything different.  Pravda (AKA Fox News) will back him up on it, and the lazy corporate media won't call him on it.  

      Bumperstickers -- George W. Bush: Moral Midget; Howard Dean Is My Chairman; etc.

      by PatrioticallyIncorrect on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 07:40:27 AM PDT

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      •  Actually... (none / 1)

        ...Bush's history is one of digging the giant hole, then walking away without a speck of dirt on him and leaving someone else to clean up the mess.

        In fact, I think that's the only way he could possibly claim a clean slate for his 2nd term - simply convincing himself that everything's been fixed and he can start fresh.

        How great must it be to be him?

        Democrats: For the health, prosperity and security of every single American.

        by alysheba on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 08:35:42 AM PDT

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    •  How about this... (none / 0)

      "NUCLEAR BOMB EXPLODES IN ANYTOWN"

      followed by

      "RICE: INTELLIGENCE INDICATES IRAN BEHIND ATTACK"

      followed by

      "ANALYSIS CONFIRMS NUCLEAR MATERIAL STOLEN FROM U.S."

      and so on.

      It wouldn't matter that it was our own nuclear material used in the bomb, the administration could "discover" some "missing" material.  OMFG, those bastards stole it from x country that we gave some material to for supposedly peaceful purposes!  Or perhaps we have some Russian plutonium lying around, in which case, it would even be believable that the material was acquired on the black market.  

      Some "thwarted plot" just wouldn't force most people to roll over and play dead..an actual attack probably would, although not likely quite as badly as after 9/11, I'm sure there would still be relative calm from the opposition...

      by wierdo on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 05:13:55 PM PDT

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