>>>>These seem to be getting much more common over the last few weeks.
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>>>>Maybe a departing gift from George to Obama, a nicely mixed up Pakistan.
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>>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7702679.stm
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>>>Airstrikes in Pakistan, raids in Syria....
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>>>I'm beginning to think seriously that the hidden detention camps Bush built are for his own citizens. What else will he do when the entire country rebels against his actions?
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>>>Sheesh, this is getting absolutely ridiculous and dangerous and scary. If Obama wasn't a shoe in already (I believe he was some time ago), he definitely is now.
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>>I had to doublecheck to see this was really a message from you. Do you really have a problem with attacking 'safe havens' in Waziristan (given that Pakistan has neither the will nor the means) and do you really see this as any change in policy ?
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>>I expect to see a lot more of this in the next 3 months - not to limit Obama's options but to leave him with a more manageable situation.
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>>As to those who are talking about Bush doing whatever for his own legacy,that seems to be a pretty big misreading of the man and the situation. If that were his primary concern the last 5 years would have been done very differently. Right or wrong, isn't there just a chance a President might be doing what he thinks is best for the country in a given set of circumstances?
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>Strangely enough, I do believe that Bush has tried to do what he thinks is best for the country. The problem is that I've also felt his judgement of what is best, in general, has been relatively poor.

Fair enough. I would feel more qualified to assess that if I were getting the same intelligence briefings he is, but in the case of Iraq after the the fall of Baghdad (or more importantly in the pre-war planning for what would happen after the fall of Baghdad) and Tora Bora I would agree and suspect even with the same intelligence I would have come to very different conclusions. I think history is going to show Rumsfield was a net negative and that is going to reflect badly on Cheney's legacy. Personal loyalty combined with huge egos can be a real problem.