Den Beste yesterday argued that we're about to see a fundamental shift in the Iraq debate as Bush plays rope-a-dope with his critics:
I have a feeling it's about to happen again. There's an uncanny similarity between the kind of silence we're looking at now regarding beginning military operations in Iraq, and the same silence from the administration just before those two other cases. The opponents are heated white hot; they're tossing around all kinds of rhetorical arguments; and yet there still seems to be total determination and unshakeable will in the administration which hasn't been voiced.
And I think that sometime in the next three weeks Bush will make another of those speeches and change the political climate again. He will yet again make his critics look foolish. He will declare a policy, and explain it clearly, and afterwards we'll all look back and realize that he was yet again giving his critics plenty of rope to hang themselves.
I wonder if the warhead news will have any bearing on this. I am very curious about this year's State of the Union message now.
Posted by wasylik at January 17, 2003 09:29 AM | TrackBack