A: Uh, I, the cynical side of me says that, you know, it was more for, uh, the domestic political situation than for anything else. You know, you know, and for portraying Bush is a strong President. B: Huh, yeah, okay.  Sure. A: Uh, I mean my gut feeling is that, you know, he pretty much picked the fight uh, with, um, Hussein. B: Uh-huh. A:
Hussein wasn't quite willing to enter that fight
I mean I'm not saying at all that Hussein wasn't quite willing to enter that fight.
A: Uh, I, the cynical side of me says that, you know, it was more for, uh, the domestic political situation than for anything else. You know, you know, and for portraying Bush is a strong President. B: Huh, yeah, okay.  Sure. A: Uh, I mean my gut feeling is that, you know, he pretty much picked the fight uh, with, um, Hussein. B: Uh-huh. A:</s>I mean I'm not saying at all that Hussein wasn't quite willing to enter that fight.</s>Hussein wasn't quite willing to enter that fight