seemingly --- The gap is that he is seemingly talking about two different things: Hussein´s record of aggression and support for terror on the one hand and the fact that the September 11 attacks required the US to think differently (it is implied that he means in terms of its security). Although he does not explicitly state it, he is implying through the gap in his sentences that Hussein could have been responsible for 9-11 and that the US should confront such threats in a timely manner.

Source author: Christian Peter Clay Mendoza cclay@sre.gob.mx