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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68520)	1/24/2003 5:04:13 PM
From: paul_philp	Respond to of 281500

I devoutly hope that you are right. It is the gamble at the heart of the Bush strategy - the status quo will lead inevitably to increased chaos and security risk so, however painful, begining to clean up the mess is the less risky approach. I don't know how to handicap this but the Bush approach is far from a sure thing and may accelerate the chaos if it fails. That is the real tradeoff, IMO, slow decline with no chance of a turnaround vs. a chance for turnaround at the risk of accelerating the problem. It is not surprising that this is raising anxiety levels around the world. Denial is a very attractive alternative. Paul