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To: Ilaine who wrote (37343)	8/12/2002 10:32:03 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi CobaltBlue; From the Jane's link: One point in their favour is that unlike the wars in the Balkans or Afghanistan, this is *a confrontation without a clear strategy and without an evident, realistic outcome.* Thus, to head off any *criticism of UK involvement* in an attack on Iraq, which has come not only from the usual left-wing critics in Britain, but also *from much-decorated retired army generals and ennobled retired diplomats*, a new British strategy is unfolding. The Bush administration is being urged to continue pursuing the diplomatic course as far as possible. In September, on the margins of the United Nations' yearly General Assembly meeting, the British hope that the US will sign up to a new mediation effort by the UN's secretary-general, Kofi Annan, whose reputation is rising. What if Annan fails? Our prediction: an operation will begin with massive air strikes in December followed by the insertion of special forces and the fomenting of local rebellions. janes.com Not exactly a ringing endorsement of a policy when the professional military all over the planet criticizes it. -- Carl

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