of vindicating his father's record in the situation of Saddam Hussein and making himself a wartime president. He did not explore other alternatives because the goals seemed more personal than national or governmental. It is not known whether President Bush is satisfied with the consequences. He seems determined to keep fighting until some unknown circumstance indicates that it is time to stop, and Bush seems not to have perused an array of choices in this matter of foreign policy (Allison, 1999, p.18). Bush's speaking style is one of someone who thinks in terms of black and white alternatives, either giving in to the evil ones, whoever they might be, or involving the U.S. in military action. Bush's style is blunt and unelaborated. It has served him during a time of crisis and high uncertainty in the country. He brings into his talks numerous religious metaphors from "his professed born-again Christian faith, and regular references to the Almighty," seemingly to convey the impression that his decisions and military actions have divine sanction (
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