Oh I forgot Bobert:

"Ya know, it gets tiresome hearing him use phrases such as "We have knowledge....", "Our source tell us...." "The intellegence we have shows..."

Of course Bobert you never provide so called facts quoting sources like that, you rely on "unidentified officials" - can't really see what the major point of difference is - apart from the fact that you believe one whole-heartedly and utterly discount the other as being all lies and spin.

Don F:

You make two comments in your post above:

"I heard on this morning's news that North Korea has just remarked that when a nation feels threatened by another nation, the United States does not have an exclusive franchise on pre-emptive attacks."

Pure sabre-rattling Don, and aimed at their domestic audience. North Korea knows damn well what would happen if they actually acted on the above statement.

"Also in the news:-- Whether or not to issue another terrorist alert. The following is an except from an article in the Washington Post:--
Many intelligence analysts in the Pentagon and White House believe the surge in activity is cause for serious alarm, especially because the prospect of war with Iraq heightens the risk of attacks by Iraqi agents, al-Qaida operatives or others eager to take advantage of the political climate. Many of these officials favor issuing a general alert to the public sometime in the next week, sources said.
Thanks, George! Great foreign policy you've got there (Duck and cover, folks!)!"

The United States of America was the primary terrorist target long before your current President took up office. Not one thing, not one measure, apart from possibly declaring that overnight the USA was to become a fundamentalist Islamic Republic, would have altered the view points of the terrorist organisations that have pronounced the US as enemy No. 1. Please do not expect rational people to believe that the current situation was entirely the responsibility of your current President or his Administration - That contention is ridiculous.