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To: GST who wrote (110493)	8/8/2003 7:34:21 AM
From: Chas.	Respond to of 281500

Thank you...

To: GST who wrote (110493)	8/8/2003 9:24:22 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Chuck is not a neocon. Neocons do care about the future success of iraq and are far less cynical than you make them out to be. They are as passionate as you are and are doing what they think is best for the US as are you.

To: GST who wrote (110493)	8/8/2003 2:44:05 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Beware the Puppet Masters ______________________________ All those groups and leaders who lived through Saddam Hussein’s reign cannot be pleased to see the exiles being foisted atop the country By Fareed Zakaria NEWSWEEK Aug. 11 issue msnbc.com <<...Some have wondered why a small group of people in the Pentagon—Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith—have been obsessively maintaining control of Iraq policy. They have cut out the State Department entirely. They have blocked efforts to bring in other countries or international organizations, except in a purely subsidiary role. They have constantly overruled Paul Bremer, who was wisely trying to keep the Governing Council as an advisory body. But it all makes sense if the Pentagon’s goal is to create circumstances that help the exiles gain control of Iraq. “That’s why they didn’t want extensive postwar planning, that’s why they don’t want a long transition process, that’s why they are paranoid about greater U.N. involvement. All this forces us to transfer power quickly to a reliable group of Iraqis. And right now, the exiles are the only ones around,” explains an administration official. Douglas Feith admits, “Our goal is not to turn Iraq over to any international organizations. Our goal is to turn Iraq over to the Iraqis.” Transpose two words and you have the actual policy: the goal in Iraq is to turn Iraq over to our Iraqis. It will not work. I have nothing against Ahmad Chalabi and the rest of his band. But, with the important exception of the Kurdish leaders, none of them has any popular following yet. Today the only people in Iraq who seem to be able to bring out crowds and rally supporters are ethnic, tribal and religious leaders. In fact, the other members of the Governing Council mostly fit one of those descriptions. It only makes sense. Saddam Hussein killed or crushed all secular opposition. The only people left standing are mullahs and tribal leaders...>>