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To: D. Long who wrote (43857)	9/14/2002 4:36:50 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

As I was musing on a quid pro quo re: Iraq and Georgia... iht.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Russia sees trade-off with Bush on Georgia Peter Baker The Washington Post MOSCOW The U.S. diplomatic campaign to win UN Security Council backing for action to force Iraq to disarm has suddenly become ensnared in the politics of Russia's own confrontation with its southern neighbor of Georgia. A day after Washington scolded Moscow for threatening military strikes at Chechen rebel camps across the border in Georgia, Russia on Friday withheld its support for the use of force against Saddam Hussein's government, arguing that President George W. Bush had yet to exhaust all options for a political solution. Officially, both sides maintained that there was no linkage between the two issues. But President Vladimir Putin effectively put his complaints about Georgia on the table of the Iraq debate by warning of unilateral action against the former Soviet republic at the same time Bush was soliciting allies against Iraq. By Friday, Russian political leaders and analysts were buzzing about a possible Georgia-for-Iraq deal: Russia would not block Bush's plan to topple Saddam if the Americans stepped aside in Georgia.

To: D. Long who wrote (43857)	9/14/2002 4:43:28 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

I've never tried to become popular... You can ignore me if you want...at times i like to challenge 'the conventional thinking'...read (and even post) alternative perspectives on what may be happening around us....recently i talked with a young friend of my brothers who graduated at the top of his class at West Point Military Academy and is now an officer in our Special Forces...he has been on training missions all over The Middle East and can't talk about a lot of what he does. I have A LOT of respect for folks like that defending our country. Yet, I did ask him some tough questions and he actually appreciated them. My favorite professor in college motivated his students (in his International Law classes) to question the world around them. Don't take what you hear from our government for granted. You can still be patriotic but it's important to be well informed before you make a judgement on something significant like going to war. regards, -Scott