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[Occhidiangela]

@ Pete

I have not forgotten that three part question from a few pages back. Trouble is, the answers are not simple, nor easy, and I'd rather give a quality answer. Last three weeks of me reading some new info (to me) on the topic has reconfirmed something I suspected from the get to, in terms of post OEF and pre OIF.

The 2004 election was part of "why now" for Iraq. The stalling of the 9-11 commission was also informed by the 2004 election. The attacks were as much a threat to Bush and his lads for internal political reasons "you sat there and didn't do enough" as there were in any other sense. Or so one line of reasoning goes.

Richard Clarke's commentary on Cheney and Rice's latest defense of their choices had a small nugget that jumped out at me.

So, regarding "what should our goals be" and "what should our methods be" I have to answer with

Originally

and

Considering the current board as the pieces are arranged.

will do so, but I need to get a few things off my plate first.

Occhi