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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Ilaine who wrote (39094)8/21/2002 12:34:08 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Strafor reporting that US may be reconsidering war against Iraq. To access you need a paid subscription, but some of it available here:

>>The White House's wavering reflects the tortuous political and military
complexity of containing a war on Iraq and its aftermath. But the Bush
administration, unilateralist chest-thumping aside, also realizes that it needs the
assistance of many countries if it is to keep al Qaeda and its sympathizers in
check.

A reversal of policy on Iraq was necessary in terms of both long-term U.S.
anti-terrorism goals and short-term preparedness for new al Qaeda attacks.
However, the retreat is a strategic psychological defeat for the administration,
particularly in the Middle East. Washington inadvertently stumbled into exactly
the trap al Qaeda hoped to set for it.

Its Iraq policy united the Muslim Middle East across border, racial and
sectarian lines against the United States. And that opposition appears to have
thwarted a major U.S. attack in the region. Washington will need to exercise
damage control in its relations with individual Muslim countries and, despite the
drawdown on Iraq, could face increased resistance in the region in the near
future.<<

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