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To: unclewest who wrote (97205)	5/2/2003 7:05:05 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

UW, yes some things are worth fighting for - if they are on our shores. We could debate, and reach no conclusion. In the meantime, I offer my thoughts on a different line as expressed in : Message 18904439

To: unclewest who wrote (97205)	5/2/2003 7:07:58 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I mourn the Iraqi civilians that got caught int the middle. I believe the polite term is "collateral damage".

To: unclewest who wrote (97205)	5/2/2003 7:45:18 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

SLATE: The LAT and WP front, and the NYT goes inside today with sweet, sweet victory for the State Department in its bitter turf-war with the Pentagon: The administration plans to name a former State staffer, Paul Bremer, to oversee Iraq, supplanting Jay Garner, the retired general who has been "coordinating" in Baghdad for a couple weeks. Officially, the change is meant to make the U.S. occupation more palatable for allies who're reluctant to help in reconstruction while the military is still in charge. But the change also represents a chance to talk some smack about other, competing, agencies: "The Pentagon was running wild and there's been no parental oversight," a "well-placed U.S. official familiar with the internal friction" (read: someone at State) explained to the LAT. Pentagon confidant Richard Perle, however, had this to say to the WP about Bremer's famously aggressive nature: "He's aggressive by foreign-service standards. I've seen hummingbirds that are aggressive by foreign-service standards." slate.msn.com