Word: guff
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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Blair aides think a lot of the guff they're taking from critics stems from the misguided view, similar to what obtained after Sept. 11, that Bush is about to start a war half-cocked. He doesn't want to, and he can't. Fall or winter is the earliest all the troops, weapons and intelligence assets could be organized for a land campaign, officials say - let alone a coherent replacement regime to which defectors could be attracted. But the carefully orchestrated images of transatlantic solidarity being planned for the summit belie a huge asymmetry in the two leaders' freedom...