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[ergo sum]

Well my new moon scenario didn't work out so now I'm betting on the full moon. You know it is the old comes in the a lion and goes out like a lamb, verses comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. And they say April is the cruelest month, or TS Eliot does anyway.
MAR. 19, 14:30 GMT


In the worst-case scenario, a protracted, messy war and rebuilding in Iraq lead to mass U.S. and Iraqi civilian casualties, more terrorism at home, an oil crisis, radicalization of the Middle East and the fall of friendly governments, and an isolated and disliked United States whose alliances -- even highly valued free-trade arrangements -- disintegrate.


Publicly, at least, Bush has left no room for such concerns. He and his aides have outlined a quick and successful overthrow of Hussein and rebuilding of a democratic Iraq that spreads peace through the Middle East. Establishing unchallenged world dominance for the United States, it cows the leaders of Iran, North Korea and al Qaeda. In this view, the domestic economy would soar, and help Bush and his party in 2004 to a victory that would realign the country's political allegiances.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61350-2003Mar8.html