I would predict that, if the Congress does derail the President's plans and then the Iraqis level, say, Atlanta two weeks later under a mushroom cloud, the leaders of the "antiwar" faction would say we were attacked because of the Administration's previous rhetoric favoring a preemptive strike. We had it coming to us, they'd say.
And the media, no doubt, would echo that position to the exclusion of any others. We'd be treated to talking heads who'd gleefully tell us the whole situation was our own damn fault, with arguments reaching back as far as our use of the A-bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Before you know it, there would be a "public" outcry for Bush's resignation for allowing this to happen, notwithstanding any facts that happen to get in the way.
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Date: 2002-10-09 07:25 pm (UTC)I would predict that, if the Congress does derail the President's plans and then the Iraqis level, say, Atlanta two weeks later under a mushroom cloud, the leaders of the "antiwar" faction would say we were attacked because of the Administration's previous rhetoric favoring a preemptive strike. We had it coming to us, they'd say.
And the media, no doubt, would echo that position to the exclusion of any others. We'd be treated to talking heads who'd gleefully tell us the whole situation was our own damn fault, with arguments reaching back as far as our use of the A-bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Before you know it, there would be a "public" outcry for Bush's resignation for allowing this to happen, notwithstanding any facts that happen to get in the way.
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