I was just listening to NPR....apparently there was a little air skirmish just over the Afghan Pakistani border......some shots fired, but no injuries or casualties. It sounded to me like our troops were illegally in Pakistani airspace and some warning shots got fired.
Let me preface my comments by saying this isn't an area of expertise for me.
However, hearing this, given what is at stake for the right wing (potential indictment of the current administration for crimes up to and including treason, war crimes, et. all......also permanent disempowerment from changing demographic patterns, almost certainly 4 years from now), and also given the propensity to pull "stunts" like as I recall having John McCain fly down for the release of those gentlemen held prisoner in Central America......I'm kind of wondering if dubya isn't making an 11th hour attempt to capture Bin Laden.....who I personally believe he has intentionally allowed to remain free to serve as his "Goldstein" (I think that's right-1984 reference) embodying "terror" that he could conduct war on, gut the economy, make his friends richer........
If that is in fact the case, I'm inclined to wonder about how it would affect the election. I'm sure the 20%er dead end sheep would say "Baa baa baa", which they are going to do anyways, but what about the independent populace? How would it play? Could it possibly sway the winds back to the GOP "big damn heroes" for a last second save, or would it play out 40 days from the election as a cheap political stunt, and backfire with public perception being "you could have gotten him anytime and only NOW do it with your fat in the fire, allowing him to live and run free for 7 years after committing mass murder". I'm inclined towards the latter, but would be interested to hear informed opinion in support or to the contrary.
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