AviationBanter - View Single Post - Pentagon 'three-day blitz' plan for attacking Iran

**Colin Campbell[_3_]**

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:22:17 -0700, Tankfixer
wrote:

In article S0XDi.21857$Pd4.7413@edtnps82,
mumbled

"La N" wrote in message
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"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message
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In message , Colin Campbell
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:14:38 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote:

In message , Colin Campbell
writes
Can you imagine how many generals would be out of a job if a crisis
occurred somewhere and the president asked to be briefed on his
military options - and the generals gave him a 'deer in the
headlights' look?

Isn't that what happened when Clinton wanted options for hitting
bin-Laden in Afghanistan?

No.

The problem was that by the time the basketball game ended their
chance to get him had passed.

They had options, but when they had the chance - they could not pry
Clinton away from the TV set.

You mean your time-sensitive targeting is entirely dependent on your
President's personal habits?

That is not a very robust solution...

Actually, the critical reader would glean that all the above suggests is
that Colin Campbell hates Bill Clinton. One would have hoped for a more
intelligent reasoned response.

Anyway, further to this ... wasn't that the time when Clinton's detractors
were screaming "wag the dog"??? IOW they were claiming that he was looking
at military options to detract from the Paula Jones issue.

If you don't think it was relevant then why bring it up ?

The sad thing is that myself and militia broke up over two years ago
and she still has not gotten over it.

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