Hostile armies may face each other for years,
striving for the victory which is decided in a single day.
This being so, to remain in ignorance of the enemy's
condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred
ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height
of inhumanity. One who acts thus is no leader of men, no present help to his sovereign, no master of victory. Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge. Bush claims no foreknowledge and releasing the speach would further condemn the administrations stance and prove its incompetence in dealing with the terrorist threat before 911.
On Thursday there will be very heavy lightning and thunder in the District of Criminals as Rice testifies for two hours.
