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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (38264)	8/16/2002 11:47:50 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Kissinger is not saying, don't invade Iraq. What he is saying is that you cannot just invade Iraq. If you A) invade Iraq, you must B) first make your case for it, C) do serious nation-building afterwards, and D) have thought through your new position on the new international system that will arise in the wake of your actions. Kissinger supports doing A, B, C and D, so that's quite different from Snowcroft's position. We are selective quoting and as squirrelly a guy as Kissinger is deadly for selective quoting. I don't know that anyone has argued that K says, up front, don't invade. But he is saying if you invade it must be done with allied agreement and with widespread congressional approval and you must be prepared to engage in a large reconstruction effort. A lot of folk are saying the same thing. K and S are not the only ones. And a lot of those lot of folk are Republicans. I'm not arguing for K. Definitely not. Just that this public split in the inner circles of the Republican heavy hitters is fascinating and, at least for the moment, suggests Powell has found a way in the back door to argue his points. Assuming these are his.

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