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To: SilentZ who wrote (162549)	3/1/2003 2:55:38 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1578288

You exaggerate mightily, but I agree that the situation is a bit dim, at least for now. Is the glass half empty or half full? I see this as the beginning of the end of a horrible situation. I found the darkest days to be in 1998, when Saddam refused access to weapons inspectors, we withdrew them, and then took no significant remedial action. To me, this was tantamount to telling Saddam, "Well, we beat you in a battle (the battle being the entire Gulf War) but, like in Vietnam, we won the battle and lost the war". A key reason I supported Bush in his run for office was his early expression of his determination to deal with Iraq. I felt we had made a huge, regrettable mistake and Bush made it clear up front he intended to correct that mistake. I believe, within a couple of months, we'll have done so. The good news is, I recall before the Gulf War the anti-war crowd was assuring us we'd see tens of thousands of body bags coming home as we were brutally punished for taking on the "4th most powerful military in the world". It takes a lot of leadership and courage to do what Bush 41 did in '91. It takes 10 times as much to do what Bush 43 and Tony Blair are doing now. History will remember these people as great leaders.