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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (22086)	3/24/2002 8:53:55 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) of 281500

nor is Iraq regarded as another war, but a continuation of the war that began on September 11th I agree that's how it's being sold. I'm not sure if they actually believe that themselves, and I am sure that it's pure BS. Unless one defines "the war that began on September 11th" as "us vs. all those in the Middle East who threaten our interests"--which is obviously an absurdly broad definition for a "war"--then I don't see how Iraq and al Qaeda are in the same category. Some of these guys wanted to do Iraq before 9/11, and have seized on the current crisis as an opportunity to go for it. As Michael Corleone said, "today we take care of all family business" (or something like that). Now in some respects that's smart and entirely legitimate--carpe diem and all that--but we should be clear about what's going on. Sometimes the Weekly Standard crowd scares me, because I'm not certain whether they're cynical or crazy. The former is ok, if a bit slimy. The latter is more honest, but dangerous... tb

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