Frank and Fionn:

Both thoughtfull posts. It seems to me that Bush is playing to his political base and unfotunately they represent the NASCAR?Budweiser folks that I've mentioned in other posts. The problem with this is three fold:

1. There is a finite number of these folks and most, id not all, will vote for Bush no matter what. That is, if they vote at all and...

2. In politicizing the war, especially with the "Bring it on" stuff, Bush is endangering our service people and...

3. Intentional or not, Bush's inflamatory behavior is helping bin Laden more than we can possibly know.

Bobert