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To: BEEF JERKEY who wrote (86812)	3/26/2003 11:42:58 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

> It will be interesting to see how Bush plays things after the war is over. Same as how he played Afghanistan...gets what he wants and forgets about it. > Will Bush and Cheney "build bridges" or swagger around and try to "punish" these uncooperative nations? What would be his motivation to build bridges? He sees US needless of anyone and anything. > Obviously the U.S.'s position in the world will be much enhanced with the strong military presence in the middle east... Really?! It is not so obvious to me. I think this is exactly the path to America's destruction. US already has a huge influence and a greater military presence in Persian Gulf than all the Persian Gulf countries combined. In politics, as in economy, there is a such a thing as "the law of diminishing returns". We passed the positive return point long ago. ST