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To: aladin who wrote (112873)	8/26/2003 11:08:42 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Postwar Iraq Death Toll Reaches 139, Surpassing Number Killed in Combat abcnews.go.com

To: aladin who wrote (112873)	8/27/2003 5:43:50 AM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

<I am simply pointing out that Clark did not get on with his boss, the President or his British counterparts.> Politicians and bureaucrats all too often get it wrong and yet have the power to over-ride people who have command in the field. As for the Apaches, they certainly had problems getting them operational, but technology never delivers what you expect and the Apaches lived up to this weakness of over-reliance on technology to get the job done. We can see that with key bureaucrats like Rumsfeld that "listening" skills are non-existent. Clark on the other hand is familiar with the burdens of command and as a committed multilateralist and an intelligent and well-educated man would make for a true global leader as well as somebody with respect for our troops. As for his ability to bring other countries on board, the fact that he is not trapped in a hopeless posture of unilateralism would be a major breakthrough compared to the current administration. It would be nice to see the US emerge from the "Bush league" in foreign policy and to regain some of the international respect that has been lost in the past two years.