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To: stockman_scott who wrote (56066)	11/7/2002 10:51:21 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Long after Saddam Hussein is gone, the United States is going to have to face up to the implications of having more power than it can use effectively and our predilection for dismissing the rituals of diplomacy. << I disagree with Reeves' definition of the problem. I'd say the problem is US citizens are going to have to face up to the implications of a Congress giving away too much power to the Executive, the history of power abuse that consistently follows that transfer, and the slutty way we trade democracy for oil.