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To: Taro who wrote (315076)	12/11/2006 12:12:40 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) of 1575781

"Any prominent player in the US who knew ahead what would come?" Well, few post here. But ok. General Shinseki would be one. If you remember, he was forced to retire early because he stated in public that we would need a lot more troops to deal with the aftermath. How about George HW Bush? He declined to take out Saddam the first time because of fear of civil war. I am sure he got that impression from the military people who were responsible for studying that area. JCP had a post with some others. Message 23089850 The point is, you can't pretend that no one saw this coming. I mean "volatile" and "Middle East" are phrases that have been linked for generations, precisely because there are strong tensions between groups.

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