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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (53789)7/10/2004 11:57:13 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 793954
 

If the anti-war voices were diverse, so were the pro-war voices.

I agree, absolutely. I don't recall ever making generic statements about "the people who supported the war".

If Iraq emerges over the next few years as any kind of quasi-democratic, quasi-functional state, it will make people all over the Middle East think and think, "why not for us"?

Two-edged sword there. What will people all over the ME think if Iraq emerges as something other than that?

Many sober voices said that this was the start of a long, long campaign bent on normalizing the Middle East, removing its paralysis of government, and its self-wrought cocoon of conspiracy theories.

I approve of these goals. I'm not convinced that our actions were calculated to advance these goals. I suspect, in fact, that the manner in which we pursued the war in Iraq sacrificed these goals to domestic political expedience.

Water under the bridge now.
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