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To: FaultLine who started this subject	1/24/2003 9:43:27 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (4) of 281500

Good note from den Beste tonight. I would almost swear that I have heard this somewhere before. ;-) One could postulate that this was the strategy all along. The Anglo-American conquest of Iraq will be seen in history as what historians like to call a turning point. It will mean the end of the UN as anything even remotely resembling a meaningful international body. It will also mean the practical end of NATO, which just refused a request that it move forces to protect its member Turkey from any Iraqi punishing attack north. It will totally alter the world diplomatic situation, with many bilateral relationships becoming stronger and others becoming much more cool and the reputations of some nations rising and those of others dropping through the floor. And it's going to end up changing the political dynamic inside Europe which has until now fed the process of formation and expansion of the EU. The conquest of Iraq will wipe away any remaining traces of the international diplomatic order left over from the Cold War. And it's going to happen and no amount of vocal opposition and diplomatic grandstanding is capable now of forcing Bush to involuntarily refrain from ordering the attack.

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