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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (66618)	1/17/2003 6:23:46 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

This long sentence tells me that a "mine is bigger than yours" approach is not the right way to get things done. But it would be a loss because American might and resolve would not be demonstrated, because our ability to operate freely in Iraq and foster a more friendly and, ultimately, democratic regime there would be limited, and because we would be left in a weak position to demand cooperation from our Arab "allies" - rather, they would be in a position to make demands of us, having "solved" the Saddam problem for us. But if such efforts are underway (and they appear to be) it's hard for me to see how we could ignore them. Hence the current calm before the storm.