RECKLESS SPECULATION: What would a blog be without it? So here goes.
Consider this hypothetical . . . Let's say you're a middle eastern, beret-wearing, megalomaniac dictator who sports a cartoonish Harry Reams-ish mustache, and you're working feverishly to develop nuclear and biological weapons. You're in such a hurry because the president of the United States has made no secret of his intention to remove you from power, and recent press reports based on leaks from the White House and the Pentagon indicate he will soon direct the American military — the same military machine which decimated your armed forces in a little more than 100 hours — to invade your country. Understandably, you're quite anxious. On the heels of these ominous press reports, you find out that the American commander-in-chief is leaving Washington for a month-long vacation; you see him on television golfing, fishing and visiting with family. Though still worried, you're somewhat relieved for now; you figure that, surely, the president of the United States won't undertake a military invasion while he's on an extended vacation. And you might even feel it's safe to lower your guard a bit . . .
Is President Bush's sojourn in Texas really an attempt to lull Iraq into a false sense of security? The timing is interesting: it will end just before the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. And an attack near that date would be powerfully symbolic and motivating to our troops.
This "vacation" just may be a prelude to war.
