It's no movie, T, that Georg W. used 9/11 as a backdrop to every domestic policy his administration forwarded on to Congress and it's no secret that he also used Iraq, until it was apparent to everyone that it was a failed policy decision, to bolster his domestic agenda, as well... Proclaming otherwise is just that... Proclaming...

Strings is entirely correct in throwing in the "Wag the Dog" compariaon... That's the way it went down... No revisionism can change that...

As for the Soviets running Europe... It is very unlikely... They weren't stupid and the reality that Germany didn't have the resources to do it I'm sure was a model that the Soviets would have thought very hard about before putting themselves in a very difficult and vulnerable position... Occupations histroically haven't been all they are cracked up to be...

And the fact that more Americans died in traffic accidents last night than in Afganistan yesterday is a red herring... If you look at the wealth that the US has spent on both of these dumb wars and look at it's domestic needs it is incongruent to think only in terms of body count alone... Rediculous arguemnt...

B~