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To: Ilaine who wrote (39094)	8/20/2002 11:17:34 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

In light of the fact that the inspiration for our thread is the Council on Foreign Relations, not to worry, we're in like Flynn. We're part of the conspiracy. Didn't you get the memo? ROFLMAO! Very good! Um, where's my memo? Omigosh, are only YOU in? ...help, I can't stand it!

To: Ilaine who wrote (39094)	8/21/2002 11:55:43 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You know, CB, there's a certain irony about you mocking conspiracy types, given that a week ago you were digging up all this "evidence" that the Iraq invasion had already started.

To: Ilaine who wrote (39094)	8/21/2002 12:34:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Strafor reporting that US may be reconsidering war against Iraq. To access you need a paid subscription, but some of it available here: >>The White House's wavering reflects the tortuous political and military complexity of containing a war on Iraq and its aftermath. But the Bush administration, unilateralist chest-thumping aside, also realizes that it needs the assistance of many countries if it is to keep al Qaeda and its sympathizers in check. A reversal of policy on Iraq was necessary in terms of both long-term U.S. anti-terrorism goals and short-term preparedness for new al Qaeda attacks. However, the retreat is a strategic psychological defeat for the administration, particularly in the Middle East. Washington inadvertently stumbled into exactly the trap al Qaeda hoped to set for it. Its Iraq policy united the Muslim Middle East across border, racial and sectarian lines against the United States. And that opposition appears to have thwarted a major U.S. attack in the region. Washington will need to exercise damage control in its relations with individual Muslim countries and, despite the drawdown on Iraq, could face increased resistance in the region in the near future.<< occamstoothbrush.blogspot.com