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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (128660)	4/7/2004 4:35:53 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

What the other presidential candidates offer is going to be the deciding factor on what happens in Iraq I disagree, but nonetheless challenge you to determine a fixed position Kerry may have other than he voted for the Iraqi war while at the Senate because he didn't think Bush would go forward with the war--what Nadine Carroll aptly calls the "I'm a chump" defense. There is no doubt that the present rebellion will run out of steam because it is lead by a novice, that its purpose is to derail the 6/30 transition so that the minority militantly Islamist views the rebels advocate can be kept politically alive, that the transition will take place on schedule, and that everything will be just fine afterwards if you don't mind a stray bomb or two. Rummie is a bit out of kilter because his plans, micromanaged to a fare-thee-well, are being properly questioned as respects the need for additional troops, something I've advocated for a long time. His ego, not insubstantial, is at play, and he is not happy that he is being proven wrong. He'll get over it, he always does. I wouldn't interpret his present demeanor as a lack of confidence.

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