Undoubtedly the wisest immediate course - was taken. I meant only that (a report from a journalist on AF-1 was source IIRC) -- it seemed that Dubya had missed the symbology of where his necessary PM speech should emanate from, given the aim of such an attack. Someone had to remind him. Maybe unfair.. HTF would any of us have handled the event?

(I held no blame for Mr. : Powell - he could hardly be prescient!)

So far today - kudos; we haven't bombed anyone back to the stone age.

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