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To: KonKilo who wrote (102194)	6/20/2003 3:49:12 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (5) of 281500

Summary: War Good, Timing Bad... Ken Pollack's recent comments on the timing of the war, the gist being, "I don't see why now; why not wait two years?" always struck me as being totally oblivious to certain political realities: a) Containment was coming apart. The status was was untenable b) Bush determined to go to the UN. c) Bush decided to kick-start the UN and give inspections their only chance of working by planting an army on Iraq's borders. d) Armies cannot sit without degenerating (not to mention the cost!), so e) The choice was war immediately, or ignominious withdrawal with Saddam still in power and in possession of his secrets. What's so hard to understand about this? If Bush had withdrawn this spring, there would be no going back unless Saddam invaded Kuwait again. Saddam would have won and would become The Great Survivor of the Arab world.

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