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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (94779)	4/19/2003 9:25:39 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

But you just can't stand not to meddle. Jacob... just for once.. try and be realistic and view the ENTIRE picture, not just that which pertains to the actions of the US. EVERYONE IS MEDDLING IN IRAQ!! The Iranians Ayatollahs are meddling by threatening to permit that 10,000 man "army" of Iraqi shias back into Iraq. They WANT a shia theocracy in Iraq because it would reinforce their own tentative hold on Iranian society and infuse a renewed force into their power structure (controlling the Shia holy sites). The French and Russians are meddling by threatening to withhold the lifting of UN sanctions unless they get their "piece of the action" in post-Baathist Iraq... The relief agencies are sitting on their butts in Kuwait claiming that its "too dangerous" to travel in Iraq with relief goods. This, despite the lack of relief goods makes the people even more desperate and lawless.... Everyone is going to meddle and play politics... What's important is the objective and goal of such meddling. Is it meddling for the US to take such actions that neutralize the meddling of Iran to set the stage for non-democratic theocracy in Iraq? Or is it the responsibility of the US, as a liberating force, to GUIDE the Iraqis to some form of sustainable government which will provide representation and participation for ALL Iraqis, not just some of the more powerful non-democratic factions? If that's meddling, we'd better be prepared to do some more. As well as being prepared to do some more meddling in Iran and Syria, if necessary, so they're forced to pay more attention to their "own" problems, than trying to create instability in Iraq. It's a very fine line we're drawing here between meddling, dictating, and guiding... Hawk

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