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Attack, attack, attack

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That's the Bush strategy in a nutshell. He made that clear during the debate. You win the war on terrorism by staying on the offensive. (Of course he went on the offensive against the wrong enemy, but for him, that's a minor detail.)

Anyway, that's clearly his strategy after the debate. Win with the spin. What you can't show in substance, show with superficial spin. Again, go on the offensive. Don't respond to criticism - attack the attacker. Refocus the debate.

Now he says, quite incredibly, that summits don't work.That he'd never seen a meeting that would "depose a tyrant." Here's the voice of experience. Uh huh. So what was Yalta? Did that and the summits between Roosevelt and Churchill have anything to do with deposing Hitler? What were those meetings between he and Tony Blair and the Spanish guy just before the war? I guess they had nothing to do with deposing Saddam? Summits that didn't work? Didn't depose a dictator? This is such horse crap. He's playing to the rednecks - and at that, only to those who are dead from the neck up.

But it works - sometimes. And so Kerry needs to know how to counter attack. There's a wonderful line in the "Battle of the Bulge" movie where the German tank commander is being challenged by the high command. They ask why he is behind schedule in his attack. His answer: "The Americans are learning how to retreat."

Maybe Kerry is learning the same. Maybe what's needed here is a little mental judo where you make the enemies strength and agressiveness work for you.

Hmmm.... that's sort of what Saddam Hussein did - and though it didn't work for him personally, it is, unfortunately, working to bog down the greatest military power on earth, Wonder if that was bin Laden's hope form the start? What more could he had asked for? His enemy Saddam has been brought down and his enemy, America, is mired in the muck. Boy, this attack stuff really works, huh? Go for it George!