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To: LindyBill who wrote (34120)	7/10/2002 11:40:33 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 281500

The problem of "opposite outcomes" from what we expect is large. Very large indeed. I think the only approach that gets us off the hook is to consistently call for and push some sort of Democratic government, even if we don't like the Principals. Calling and pushing might get us off the hook in the theoretical sense, but that won't make life any easier if we end up with a non-democratic government that is wildly opposed to our interests. As we have found in many developing countries, talking about "installing Democracy" is a lot easier than doing it.

To: LindyBill who wrote (34120)	7/11/2002 1:03:25 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

"Opposite outcomes"....Yep, it is amazing how the Confederate States persisted and thrived after we won the Civil War. And how the Hohezollern monarchy came to rule Europe after we won WWI. And how that Hitler chap turned the tables on us, and ended up Chancellor of Europe after WWII. But the most shocking of all is how the Soviet Union, at the end of the Cold War, managed to establish a global union of sovietized republics throughout the several continents, encircling North America. Oh well, God Save the Queen.......