NYT: Top Republicans Break With Bush on Iraq Strategy

Alan Jacobson ajacobson at igc.org
Fri Aug 16 05:51:50 PDT 2002


This illustrates that the 34% of the public against going to war is a important factor, despite its minority status.

1) 34% against the war drive-significant base for an anti-war movement. 2) Blair wavering due to even larger opposition 3) Splits in Bush Admin on this issue (along preexisting fault lines, Powell, etc).

I think these are all significant breaks on US unilateralism.

The question is, will this intensify Bush's desperation to invade (present a fait accompli) or will it force him to back off or just keep the pot boiling (how long can he keep that going?).

Thinking out loud, Alan Jacobson Detroit



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