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To: jttmab who wrote (87892)	3/30/2003 12:25:56 PM
From: Sajjad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"This is and has been the world of politics. You say what people want to hear. People will believe, you just need to know what they want to hear." I want to remain as much objective as I can in expressing my views in a framework where its really very difficult to do so. I was merely stating the position that our administration has taken and projected to the rest of the world for justifying the "feasibility" of this war. I mean the justification of war only exists in a short-term framework NOT in a long-term framework. I am myself amazed at the lack of the news media insistence in pinning the War proponents to a time frame (especially when Perle indicated this was just a house of cards, dependent on shock and awe) fro war BEFORE the war started. Had we pinned them to a time frame (which I think was unofficially in weeks not months), the President would not have the luxury to say, "Whatever it takes" now. I am sure it was not just the public, but also our political leadership in both houses that got "sold" by the proponents of war, the Perle-Wolfowitz camp on short time frame assumption. To the extent they transferred their constitutional authority "conveniently" and with not much dissent to the president so easily, convinces me that even the political leadership was also convinced of a short scenario by the intelligence services. To the extent the administration is changing that key assumption, as we have started hearing recently, we can have serious consequences. I agree with most of your comments. sajjad