Re: [PEN-L] How soon before the invasion of the next country?

[Rui Correia]

There aren’t any candidates – the ones on the list are all Vietnam jungle: N. Korea, Venezuela, etc.   Not like a nice open desert where you can play with state of the art toys with a clear view of the enemy for miles around – like Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq … Unfortunately for them, they can’t put Libya back on the list.   Rui   ________________________________________________     Rui Correia Advocacy, Media and Language Consultant 38 Finch St, Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336 Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214 -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Scott Gassler Sent: 20 June 2005 14:14 To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] How soon before the invasion of the next country?   From the New York Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/20/politics/20assess.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1119269309-ciydBQow9uR3ZtEalTAgxg&pagewanted=print And barring some crisis that creates another rally-round-the-president effect, analysts said, Mr. Bush's best opportunity to drive the agenda may be past. "It's very difficult once you've had problems in domestic policy, as they almost all do, to come back. To the extent you've had them come out successfully, it's because of foreign affairs." How soon before the invasion of the next country? Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15