NP The Economist "A puzzling War"

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http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=840892

	
There are also  articles on the Peace Movement in California, the
Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and other interesting stuff. 


Playing armchair general with Paul here. 

 Paul says we would not have a much different war if Clinton or Gore
were in the Whitehouse.  I guess Clinton/Gore would have been pressured
to commence firing ASAP. Bush & Co. were not pressured to start bombing
because the perception here and abroad is that they  are more hawkish.
Has and will the time Bush had to form a coalition make a difference? I
don't know. In any event, the siuation seems more puzzling every day. Of
course, like most Americans, in and out of government, I never paid much
attention to Afghanistan.