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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: skinowski who wrote (216761)8/23/2007 12:17:29 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (1) of 793745
 
We'll be much better off if most of them will remain our friends.

One way to promote this is to demonstrate to them (the moderates) that we are their friends. We did this in the Balkans but don't seem to get much credit for it.

The main long term purpose of our sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan is to prevent the islamist fringe from capturing political power in the Muslim world


I don't know if will work in Iraq.

As far as installing Islamist regimes, that would probably be the result if a free election in Egypt were held tomorrow.
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