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Paul Begala: “If it's right to attack the enemy there, then we should do it sooner rather than later, rather than have more time to…”

On the recordNovember 4, 2004
If it's right to attack the enemy there, then we should do it sooner rather than later, rather than have more time to fortify themselves, more time to build up defenses, more time to entrench themselves. But it seems to me that the president is very vulnerable to the accusation that he's timing his military offensive for after the election.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala critiques the timing of the military offensive in Fallujah in relation to the recent election.

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