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To: LindyBill who wrote (90680)	12/14/2004 11:46:34 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793756

Barnett on Ignatius's WaPo Op Ed washingtonpost.com COMMENTARY: I don't think a more perfect 783-word description of the book and its impact is possible—right down to his retelling of the story he told at the Highlands Forum about the Central Command briefing by Adm. Nichols to the combatant commander Gen. John Abizaid. What's more impressive to me are the quotes Ignatius uses. Frankly, they are my favorite lines in the book, including the one I used with the BBC today: "None of this can be imposed, only offered. Globalization does not come with a ruler, but with rules." His mentioning of there being no reviews in either the Post or Times is very gratifying, because it labels PNM as a cult hit inside the Pentagon that needs to be read more widely. In all, Ignatius did me one helluva turn here, and I couldn't be more pleased. Especially since I never asked anything from him, despite his comments at the Highlands Forum (in fact, we never spoke one-on-one at the event). So this was his decision, based on his experiences at CENTCOM and his reading of the book. The fact that he ends with a sentence highlighting the "hope" he found in PNM . . . well, that is just icing on this fabulous cake. With a piece like this, it gets harder for people around here to argue that I don't do good things for the military with my writings—even as so many disagree with my vision.

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