On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:15:42 -0800 "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But did [Bush] 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?) Both of these observations are quite sensible, and show that even a fantastically successful President -- successful, that is, in terms of his own agenda -- doesn't win 'em all. I wasn't invited to any of the meetings where these matters were decided, so I can only speculate what may or may not have happened. My speculations, for what they're worth, are that even the most wild-eyed Likudnik war hawks couldn't make much of a case for taking on Iran while Iraq was still on the boil; and that older folks -- a very potent political force -- took too much of an interest in Social Security. -- Michael Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
