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To: JohnM who wrote (20124)	6/1/2006 1:02:08 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) of 541327

I am surprised the debate hasn't sprung up more around the whole issue of "transformation". Before the current administration, the US tried to set an example, work with more defective regimes to improve and corral or sequester those who wouldn't abide my international norms. Once we were sufficiently hurt, however, the fantasy arose that if the world is made up of defective, dangerous regimes, we won't just work to change them, we will make it an article of faith and action to carry out that transformation by force if necessary. I am still waiting for more scholars and practicing politicians to focus on the viability and usefulness of transformation as a long-term doctrine. We know our military and financial limits now, the cost in international prestige and credibility, and the impossibility of applying a "transform everyone to freedom" as a universal doctrine. The piece I posted about Egypt the other day is a prime example. I hope some 2008 presidential candidates come up with some original thinking on that.

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