Occam's Razor suggests that, in the event of a confounding situation, we make as few assumptions as possible. In this case, I think the simplest possible answer is that the Bush administration recieved word of the terrorist's capture on Sunday, and the political advisors suggesting waiting until Thursday for the best impact. I don't see this as conspiracy, dirty politics, or even an underhanded attack. Bush just released the information when I hoped it would do the most damage to the opposing party.
I think people are taking this "by November" command a bit too seriously. Both Bush and the military know that you can't force operations of this level to a simple timetable; putting the pressure on Pakistan is merely indicative of how desperate the administration is for results.
I'm noticing that some of us in this thread are getting a little disrespectful towards each other. I'd like to keep at least one Bush/Kerry thread civil. Can we try and make it this one?
