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To: NickSE who wrote (108588)	7/28/2003 9:42:34 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The good news coming from Iraq by Michael Barone usnews.com ......One wonders whether the American and world press will be able to ignore most of this progress as it has been ignoring the other progress made since April in Iraq. Stories have focused on the killing of American soldiers, apparently by Baathist elements. But this should not be surprising: the pro-Hitler Werewolves underground shot and killed many American soldiers for months after the surrender of Germany in 1945. News media obsessed with the reliability of intelligence about Iraqi attempts to purchase uranium in Africa have tended to gloss over or ignore the progress set out by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in his July 24 press briefing. It is worth setting out: - The formation of an Iraqi national army has begun. - 30,000 Iraqi police have been hired. - An Iraqi civil defense corps is being formed. - Coalition forces have captured or killed 38 of Iraq's 55 most wanted. - Thousands of lower-level Baath Party loyalists have been rounded up or otherwise dealt with. - The Iraqi Central Bank has been made independent. - Iraq has returned to the world oil market. All of Iraq's universities have reopened. - Power and water are, in most places, at prewar levels, and we're making progress in Baghdad. - The food redistribution system has been restarted. - Nearly all of Iraq's 240 hospitals and 1,200 clinics are open. - Over 100 newspapers have begun publishing. - In all major cities and in 85 percent of the towns, municipal councils have been formed of Iraqis. - Ambassador Bremer has helped establish a new National Governing Council. It has begun exercising executive authority, appointing ministers, preparing the way for a new national constitution.....

To: NickSE who wrote (108588)	7/28/2003 9:53:44 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

<If Kim-Il tests the bomb, he can forget about any US/foreign aid...> Actually, if he proves he does have a nuke, he increases the chance of getting U.S. aid. Look at the example of Pakistan, as I'm sure the N. Koreans have. The U.S. opposed Pakistan's nuke R&D program, but not enough to stop it. Then, after they exploded one, we slapped their wrists. The Pakistanis ignored us, and a little while later, we needed access to Afghanistan, and the Pakistanis are now the recipients of lots of U.S. aid, loan forgiveness, diplomatic support, etc.