Colin Powell - "- - - adding that "fundamental decisions" had to be made within the next week."

Now, what is so crucial about "the next week"? Except it being the last week before the mid-term elections.

And what's this nonsense about poker?

FrankC - "Tell you what, if we attack Iraq before 11/5 you win all the chips. What have you got on the table in case you lose?"

"all the chips"? What chips. Is there a context in which this might make some sense? The US is attacking Iraq right now, through the Kurds and through "enforcing" the no-fly zone.

What did I win? I forgot. "All the chips".

Arf