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To: stockman_scott who wrote (80251)3/7/2003 6:36:07 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<cost and complexity of sustaining the peace >

Yes, we don't really need allies for the ShockAndAwe Regime Change, unilateralism will succeed there. It's the Nation-building (or lack of it) where our invisible CoalitionOfTheWilling-Not gets us in trouble. The Turks, in particular, can cause mischief. The Russians have influence and a historical relationship in Iraq. It's not going to be easy, and it's going to a lot harder if we are pulling one way, and a dozen other nations are pulling the other way, (or a dozen different ways).