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To: TimF who wrote (187142)	4/28/2004 12:09:35 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) of 1578125

What makes you think that I don't have an open mind? Your response to those who disagree and don't hate Bush. You're simplifying.......its more than just closing off to those people don't hate Bush. I don't have an open mind when it comes to THOSE who defend the actions of this president; actions which, in some instances, are decidedly unpresidential. Frankly, I think its bad politics to lead a democracy into war and not have it well thought out. I don't think any war beyond the most trivial was well thought out if be well thought out you mean 1 - Planned in detail. 2 - Something very close to the detailed plan was implemented and 3 - Everything went off smoothly without much need to improvise or re-plan. Its called war planning...........what you plan to do before, during and after the war. Even Republicans concede that beyond shock and awe, war plans were pretty flimsy. Even in situations where you know exactly who the enemy is and you have a pretty good idea of their location, you still have a lot of uncertainty because they are intelligent creatures who react in unpredictable ways to your operations. In a place like Iraq, once we pretty much eliminated Saddam's armies the residual enemies are more nebulous. New enemies can join up, wile others are killed, captured, or stop fighting. The enemies can blend in with the civilian population. A detailed plan for dealing with them would not have been possible before the invasion. I do agree with you that looking back now there are some things that could have been done better, mistakes where maid, but mistakes have always been made in war and presumably always will be. Just two examples of what I mean.............Fallujah was known as a problem nearly a year ago. Nothing was done. Generals up the wazoo have been calling for more troops since before the war started. Only now are they upping the numbers. The list is long.............the war has been poorly done and its costing us a fortune. I want out........NOW! ted

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