<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Justin wrote:<BR></DIV> <DIV>> Do you take that [i.e. the alleged counterfactual dependence of the war in Iraq on the war </DIV> <DIV>> fought in the former Yugoslavia] to be a recommendation, a criticism, or neither? jks</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I take it to be an absurd notion.  For better or worse, 9-11 gave Bush a blank check to do pretty much anything he wants in the Middle East with the support of the US public.  I don't think Bush's wars depend in any way on Clinton's.  (Though the campaigns of the latter might have something to do with how easy it's been for Bush to get a stray progressive here and there to sign on...  but, really, our numbers aren't significant.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Luke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>