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To: stockman_scott who wrote (41596)	9/14/2001 11:54:35 AM
From: kemble s. matter	Respond to of 65232

Scott, Hi!! I'm just happy that Colin Powell and Dick Cheney with their support staff are in charge...Imagine sending one of our most dovish members of Congress in Biden over to Pakistan where he told them to be with us or against us...It makes me proud of the system the founders of this country created...Biden knows what's at stake here...It's them or us... Best, Kemble

To: stockman_scott who wrote (41596)	9/14/2001 1:34:49 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

let's see if US Military response is primarily AirForce led if so, then I seriously doubt ANYTHING effective will result we constantly want to keep casualties to a minimum effective results work proportionately to dead soldiers if we rely upon our air strikes, then we will fail (e.g. Libyan killing of Qaddafi's son) (e.g. missed attempts to take out Benny Laden) our resolve must be there but also our willingness to use ground troops we want so often to respond without dirty hands use of ground troops is regarded as trespassing though, invasions sure, it is more complicated eradicating terrorist killers is very complicated I dont regard our use of Infantry in Gulf War as typical that was a desert sweep without resistance it was a shooting gallery with a mopup exercise we stopped short of the Great Sewer in Saddam's homeground how do we bomb them if they hide in caves? if they move their training sites? if they move their strategic arsenals? if they have multiple phony passports? if they hide throughout the western world? I expect a very large RE-ARRANGEMENT OF ROCK AND SAND minimize use of bombs maximize use of intelligence and surgical ground operations cut corners on use of brutal methods gonna be interesting past failures will be strong lessons for next actions I would love to have a fireside chat with Colin Powell did he want to finish the job in Iraq? funny how the players are the same Bush, Cheney, Powell / jim