-----Original Message----- From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx Sent: Aug 2, 2004 7:51 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] with or without Bush Stan maintains that if Bush had not been in office, Bin Laden would have been captured. As if a change of presidents could alter tactical and strategic factors that work to Bin Laden's benefit. Taken as a statement of convictions, Stan's hyperbole is hunky-dory. Taken as a tactical prediction . . . well . . . it's a fine statement of convictions. A.A. Eric, are you that much of a fatalist? Is Bin Laden that much in control that if another president had pursued him instead of Iraq, with the world's support, nothing would be different? Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html