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To: Bilow who wrote (41022)	8/30/2002 4:01:06 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 281500

Carl, I believe before we attack Iraq we'll read of leaflets dropping from the skies, along with radio messages explaining our intent. After some blood has been spilled, the Iraqi people will welcome the multinational forces, led by America, and celebrate the fall of their mad dictator. An axiom of dictators is they refuse to hold elections because they fear the voice of the people. Western democracies have always overestimated the support dictators have from their own people.

To: Bilow who wrote (41022)	8/30/2002 6:01:06 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re: "You never answered my question -- what's the lead time for mobilizing the reserves?" The lead time for mobilizing the reserves is a few days. But that doesn't apply here, and you know it. Even after the reserves are mobilized a real shooting war (for the ground forces) is months away. But the fact that there are not massive mobilizations right this minute is supposed to prove that we do not intend to fight a war in Iraq? Why do I sense a 'heads I win, tails you lose' style of argument here. If the absence of reserve mobilization is meaningless, then why do you keep quoting it?