The_Casual_Observer
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:04 PM
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The grand flip-flop: Sept 10 2001, "I am tired of swatting flies" |
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(He didn't actually do any swatting), Sept 12 2001: "We are fighting a universal war on Terror"
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:07 PM
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1. I took that as meaning |
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"I'll wait for the Big One before I do anything".
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:12 PM
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2. I took it as he didn't give any respect to guys like Bin Laden. |
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Afterall, what could they do?
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CJCRANE
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:18 PM
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3. I see it more as an admission of LIHOP |
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as per the PNAC requirement of needing a "new Pearl Harbor".
Whatever the reason, it certainly was a strange thing to say.
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:24 PM
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4. I'm mixed on it, I think they were expecting an attack, but they |
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figured it would be a small one since they didn't give UBL much credibility. I think that's why jr looks so stunned in the 7 min. thing. This scenario fit's best with my belief that they are basically incompetent.
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:32 PM
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An invasion of Iraq was in the works with or without a major terrorist attack.
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:40 PM
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wondered if the anthrax attacks were the fallback option in case the hijackings went wrong...
Maybe they would've been more extensive had 9/11 not gone according to plan.
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Fri Sep-08-06 06:48 PM
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I don't see any evidence to support Lihop or Mihop. On the other hand there were efforts to ramp up a war stance against Iraq as far back as 1998 in letters to Clinton from the Neocons. The Neocons never needed 9/11 or anthrax to justify (in their minds) military action against Iraq. Whether the invasion would have happened without 9/11 is another question.
I hope I am not wandering too far from your original discussion.
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