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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (250464)	12/4/2007 1:37:22 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (3) of 281500

There is another interpretation possible of these dueling NIEs. In exchange for the public release of the latest NIE, a release W could have halted or given the green light to as he saw fit, Iran may have agreed to stop its meddling in Iraq so that a sensible withdrawal can take place. Because I am fairly sure that the release of the NIE was in effect a voluntary act on W's part, not something he was bound to allow, he has essentially voluntarily agreed to not attack Iran during the rest of his Presidency. I am convinced that there was a quid for that quo, probably one that involves Iraq and our presence there. The implications attendant to the NIE convince me that there is no way that its release was a simple charitable act. It gives the Iranians peace, and peace from your enemies never comes without a price. My guess is that the price somehow involves Iraq.

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