me: >> the appointment of a war-hawk to a position is not the same as an actual >> war. Among other things, the Pentagon and Congress have to be brought on >> board.<<
Michael Smith says, with irony: > That will of course be very difficult. Look what a struggle it was for Bush.< yeah, he pulled it off pretty easily. But did he bomb Iran? no, he couldn't get a sufficient political coalition behind that, even though the pro-Likud (neo-con) folks were all in favor. The U.S. President can do a lot of evil, but he or she can't attain all goals. (Bushie wanted to screw up social security. Did he succeed?) -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
