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...basic consensus at halftime—quit being intimidated, quit playing scared and fight back,” Ides said. “It’s unfortunate that it took a whole half for us to realize that we could handle their defensive pressure and that we could run with these guys...
...that convincing them will necessarily be very difficult - after all, other polls have found that a solid majority of Americans believe Saddam Hussein had a hand in the September 11 attacks, despite the absence of evidence to that effect. But given domestic concerns and the absence of international consensus over invading Iraq, continuing the UN process while slowly building a case against Saddam - at least in the court of U.S. public opinion, and as far as possible among allies - may be the Administration's most effective strategy for building support for going to war some time next year...
...Regardless of the state of the UN inspection process, a war is already taking shape. Indeed, 63 percent of respondents to the TIME/CNN poll indicated a belief that war is inevitable. But given the concerns expressed by American voters and the absence of international consensus over invading Iraq, continuing the UN process while slowly building a case against Saddam - at least in the court of U.S. public opinion, and as far as possible among allies - may be the Administration's most effective strategy for building support for going to war some time next year...
...There’s little question that he is in the extreme minority at Harvard in his views. However, I was somewhat disheartened to see a debate spring up on my House open list (as I imagine it may have on many lists) in which the consensus seemed to be, “What can you do, it’s free speech...
DesRoches said the HSPH and Kaiser study makes it clear that consensus-building needs to occur...