From: John Beckett 

"Geo."  wrote in message
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> My point is the guy who hasn't made a huge mistake of initiating a
pre-emptive
> war on a false premise is already ahead of the game.

What about the Reagan argument? It's obvious to many people that Reagan was
missing quite a few screws while President. Yet, other people now say that
Reagan was a master tactician (or a master delegator - take your pick). The
USSR didn't just fail - it was all due to the masterly tactics of the
Reagan administration.

So, maybe Bush will later be credited with some greatness?? Of course (so
it might be said), he had to SAY that the war was for WMD. But actually, he
was (for example), just letting the world know that the US would go
anywhere and do anything if there was a suspicion of someone backing
terrorism. That's a pretty powerful message to regimes everywhere.

I'm not promoting the above argument. I'm just curious whether it has made
much ground, or is likely to (in some circles).

John

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