[PLUG-TALK] Chirac's shocker... Iraq.

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On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 11:30, Paul Mullen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:54:59AM -0800, Mystery Man whispered:
> >  
> > After the war powers act, what president will ever declare war? 
> > Further, the initial attack was meant to be a surprise where saying the
> > war is going to commence now would have defeated that?  It would
> > have been strategically idiotic to declare war.
> 
> No kidding. Why, I woke up one day this spring, turned on the TV, and lo
> and behold, there was the newsman telling me about a war in Iraq! Who
> ever could have guessed that was coming?

Yes, but did you know exactly when?  The press was caught by surprise
when the president showed up in Iraq on Thanksgiving.