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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (67694)	2/7/2003 1:08:29 PM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." This is an understanding that is missing from Washington. Of course that's the best outcome - to subdue the enemy without fighting. But if Saddam backs down at the last moment, which I still consider possible, would you say that Washington understood this better than those who stood against the U.S.? I would have more faith in your optimistic opinion, if in fact I had seen the smallest move towards taking responsibility for our past actions. It is one thing to realize a mistake, it is another to admit it. In politics, admitting a mistake is suicide. Besides, the present administration can't admit to mistakes made by prior ones. In the long term is will be a disaster for the entire region and the United States. I think this depends on what actions are taken after the fighting stops. The Gulf War was a failure not because it was not the right thing to do to use force but because of the things done post war. I can think of many negative outcomes in a post war Iraq, but I can think of no positive ones if the war is not fought. -Cho