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To: Sam who wrote (128632)	4/7/2004 11:56:24 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (4) of 281500

Change of the sort you and others are contemplating is always tricky, and violence of the sort that the US has done is rarely successful in bringing about something positive. Absolutely... I certainly recognize the risk.. But I also believe that 9/11 made such an effort to create change in the region mandatory for winning any sort of "war on terror".. The reaction we saw from quite a few Arabs after 9/11 should have been a wake-up call that the US is sqarely in the target sights of Islamic militants around the world and their militant perspective is gaining greater popularity. No.. it won't be easy, but if we're successful in Iraq, it might, just might, mean that we'll develop a powerful ally with the national resources (oil) needed to pit themselves against the Wahhabists and Salafists being sponsored by certain Saudi clerics. If we fail, then I guess we're going to have escalate the situation to some sort of full mobilization, or tuck our tails between our legs and await the next massive suicide attack on the US homeland. Hawk

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