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To: stockman_scott who wrote (29254)	2/27/2003 2:37:06 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

The expectation that Iraq can be turned into a democracy is either an example of hubris, or the Bush administration knows something about Iraq that's not public (Iraq is very secular, like Turkey) or there's a cynical "Plan B" to install some friendly group and pretend to be democratic. I would bet Rumsfield would have a Plan B and C ready. Interesting that current plans include leaving most of the Iraqi government in place, after changing the top 2-3 layers. There could be some intermediate path that keeps civil order and puts a multi- party democracy on top of that. Wolfowitz is the author and promoter of the pre-emptive strike doctrine. Perle is sort of a loose cannon and attack dog. The U.S. used to have people like Archie Roosevelt (Teddy's son ) who knew the Arab world.