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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: carranza2 who wrote (156190)1/13/2005 4:28:49 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"We need to get them to discard the idea that there is an ulterior motive for everything..."

Even I don't believe that. Do you believe that?

I don't believe ulterior motives are the only motives, but I certainly think they are out there- and that motives are very mixed. And trying to sell someone of even average intelligence on the purity of American motives seems... hopeless- and you seem to be suggesting we sell something which is false, since you say "despite the fact that the reasons we are in Iraq are mostly self-serving."

I happen to agree with what you said about the reasons we are in Iraq. I think we basically agree, but I think it would be impossible to do the kind of PR job you suggest. It was probably always impossible, but at the point I think it certainly is.
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