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To: stockman_scott who wrote (20988)	6/25/2003 11:48:26 AM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) of 89467

Anyone familiar with NATO operations in Bosnia and Kosovo should have understood that we needed two armies for this invasion. By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Duh! Come on Tom. It's a little late to be seeing the "shortcomings" in the neo-con plan now. When the preposterous fantasy that was the neo-con plan was being "discussed" last fall, you were "all for it". I kept thinking, "This plan is an ill-conceived boondoggle that does not take in to account the true nature of the Middle Eastern psyche. These guys just don't understand the Muslim world." My problem was you. You had always been my expert on the Middle East. How could you be in favor of the neo-con plan? Couldn't anyone see that a group that was behaving so incompetently on the diplomatic front with our friends, was incapable of the subtle deftness required for the proposed metamorphous of the Middle East? And what about a plan that leaves a sizable segment of your military exposed to the attrition that always occurs in the Middle East to a hostile occupying force? There’s nothing new here Tom. All easily predictable. Why didn’t/couldn’t you see it coming? Were you too blinded by some misguided hope that things could be “changed for the better”? That could only occur if the people in charge were careful, thoughtful planners with a through grasp of magnitude and intricacies of the task. Does that sound like the superficial, hubris-filled myopia that has consistently characterized the Bush team? Sorry, but I’m disappointed in you Tom. Anyway, it’s good to see you are finally opening your eyes to the obvious. JMO lurqer

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