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To: carranza2 who wrote (149081)	10/26/2004 11:02:30 AM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (2) of 281500

>>The Iraq war changed the strategic landscape in a huge way. Think about the following points, if you will. We are now the most powerful military presence in the ME. We have freedom of action if we need to from a spot which is the absolute strategic center of the region. We are in a position to secure oil supplies without having to actually take them over.<< Funny, I draw the exact opposite conclusion. I agree that the strategic landscape changed, but to our detriment. Our entire military is tied down trying to keep Iraq pacified. We have no spare forces to react to emergencies in Saudi Arabia, Iran or elsewhere in the ME, to say nothing around the world. The world knows it and acts accordingly (see North Korea and Iran.) And Saudi Arabia evidently stopped pursuing Al Queda and may have reached an accommodation with them -- did you notice no AQ attacks in SA for months now?

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