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All Administrations are afraid of their own shadows...they are afraid that the media will jump on them...to sell their advertising space...so all Administration tend to do things half a$$...thye seem to wind up doing the very thing they are afraid of doing...no admin. wants the media to plaster them all over the screen as baby killers..

The other issue for Bush not following the advice of the military commanders is where was Bush gong to get the troops...the military was downsized so much in the 1990's...Secondly to raise the troops and deploy them costs money...the budget is allready stretched...Bush couldn't ask for more and keep his own fiscal conservatives happy.

Now Sherwood let's look through the looking glass and see what what we can see........

!1. Bush is a fiscal conservative....Why in the world would a cheapo like Bush go so far out on the limb of the tree fiscally.

Answer HE HAD TO....Why ...Because 911 was so devastating a hit to the economy...U want to gauge how really bad it was...The USA HAD THE WORST BEAR STOCK MARKET SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION...3 years worth....911 was nearly a KO Punch.

Open your eyes.....things ain't rosy out there hoss....