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When I first saw the subject line of this post I thought it might be a story using Hemingway's classic "The Old Man and the Sea" as a jumping off point to explore a theme relating to the Marines.<BR>
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Instead what was posted was not nearly as promising as what I anticipated ... it was rather silly, and often inaccurate. <BR>
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Bush spends a lot of time away from the White House, like before 9/11, after some serious warning flags and gone up, from people who were experts on the subject, that a major terrorist attack on US soil was in the works, when Bush took an extended vacation away from D.C. and The White House.<BR>
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Perhaps Coop would like to explain this behavior of our current commander in chief before 9/11? AWOL might be an appropriate term, considering Bush's National Guard Service, or the lack thereof?<BR>
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Ted Moffett</FONT></HTML>