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To: tekboy who wrote (102243)	6/22/2003 11:39:25 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

How do you deal with the possibility that Saddam would have obtained fissile material or bomb(s) during '03 or '04 while the policy you describe would have been executed? How would Bush have avoided the Demos tail/dog charges in the heat of an upcoming election? Would anyone in the Mideast be listening to his roadmap absent the war? He might very well be pissing into the wind now, but it would have been a huge joke without Iraq. And the wackos in Iran are paying attention to us now, not a bad thing. Everyone is paying a lot more attention to us now. At some point, the notion will creep into the various actors' thick skulls that we wish for a stable ME and that stability is in their best interest. The sad fact is that we needed to re-establish our credibility after Clinton. Afghanistan was like punishing nursery school kids--it was probably perceived as such in the ME. Taking out Saddam made them listen. It has created momentum that Bush needs to exploit or lose. Waiting would have been disastrous. C2@fliesinointment.com

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